- Date
- November 1, 1975
- Place
- Lees Summit, MO · LEES SUMMIT, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4851UCessna 205A
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751101034989A
- Case key
- 151171
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3117 75/11/1 LEES SUMMIT,MO CESSNA 205A CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 545 TIME - 1530 N4851U PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 439 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCOMAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEES SUMMIT,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VAPOR RETURN LINE TO FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL RETURN LINE FM METERING UNIT WERE REVERSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4851U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mccomas
N4851URegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2003 · Cessna 210-5A(205A)Airframe modelCessna 210-5A(205A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.