- Date
- July 18, 1980
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4494ABeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800718027709A
- Case key
- 129899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1571 80/7/18 KANSAS CITY,KS BEECH 58 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4065 TIME - 1615 N4494A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KS TULSA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4494A
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfax
N4494ARegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4494A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA18FA046Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportSt. CroixThe non-multiengine rated pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a single-engine approach. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power on the left engine due to detonation for reasons that could not be determined based on the…NTSB MKC79FCA11Accident · Serious injuriesClosedChesterfield, MO