- Date
- April 1, 1978
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4824SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780401005309A
- Case key
- 142587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0421 78/4/1 KANSAS CITY,MO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2213 TIME - 1445 N4824S PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 858 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO LAWRENCE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FORWARD BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DURING TAXI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4824S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kansas City Intl
N4824SRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4824S · 1
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