# NTSB MKC65A0052: Beechcraft C-45H, N9980Z, Kansas City, KS, March 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 5, 1965
- Place: Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Location: 39.1142° N, 94.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1142&lon=-94.6275&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179322
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC65A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC65A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0483   65/3/5    KANSAS CITY KANS    BEECHCRAFT C-45H    CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1307
        TIME - 0943                    N9980Z              PX-  3  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MO.MU
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- A PIECE OF VACUUM HOSE FOUND SPLIT-LEFT VACUUM  FLOW VALVE STUCK CLOSED.EVIDENCE GYRO SPEED NOT UP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9980Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9980Z-1965-06-14), registration cancelled 1965-06-14, S/N 5210886 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-45H
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kansas City Mo.Mu

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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