- Date
- July 23, 1981
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N17705Beech 58TC
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810723043899A
- Case key
- 125033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1686 81/7/23 KANSAS CITY,KS BEECH 58TC CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1224 N17705 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 46, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO YORK,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L & R ELEV TRIM ACTUATORS REVERSED DRG INSTLN,FND ELEV TRIM ARMS EXTDD 1 1/2 INCHES(23DEG NOSE DN)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17705
- Reported as
- Beech 58TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairfax Muni
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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.