- Date
- February 22, 1979
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77PMCessna 421A
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790222009859A
- Case key
- 137018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0879 79/2/22 KANSAS CITY,MO CESSNA 421A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 16000 TIME - 0955 N77PM PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 420 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY DOWNT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77PM
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kansas City Downt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.