- Date
- September 4, 1981
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N777MMAero Comdr 685
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810904055479A
- Case key
- 124104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3021 81/9/4 KANSAS CITY,KS AERO COMDR 685 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4640 TIME - 1645 N777MM PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KS CITY DOWNTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO RAPID CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR 4,5,6 MAIN ENG BRGS,NR 1,2,6 ROD BRGS & FNT PROP SHAFT BRG FAILED.APRX 400LBS OVR MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777MM
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 685
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ks City Downtown
N777MMRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Aero Commander 685Airframe modelAero Commander 685Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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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.