# NTSB MKC83FA032: Cessna 340, N4094L, Kansas City, MO, December 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 4, 1982, 15:41 local (21:41 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA032

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - iaf to faf/outer marker (ifr)
  - fuel supply - not understood, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight briefing service - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - information - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT LISTED A TOTAL FUEL ENDURANCE OF 5+30 ON HIS FLT PLAN & A TOTAL OF 182 GALS AT TAKEOFF ON HIS PLT/OPERATOR ACCIDENT REPORT. THE TOTAL ACFT FUEL CAPACITY IS 162 GALS. THE FLT DEPARTED A 1055. AT 1527 THE PLT RECEIVED DESTINATIONWX OF CEILING INDEFINITE 100 FT SKY OBSCURED VISIBILITY 1/8 MI IN FOG. THE PLT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE VISIBILITY AS 18 MI & SHOT AN APPROACH TO JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC ARPT. AT 1532 HE DECLARED A MISSED APCH & ADVISED KANSAS CITY APPROACH HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN APPROACH TO KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT. AT 1541 THE PLT ADVISED THAT BOTH ENGS HAD FAILED. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 1 MI SHORT OFTHE ARPT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PLT OBTAINED ENROUTE WX BRIEFINGS FOR WX CONDITIONS AT JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC ARPT. WX OBSERVATIONS AT & AFTER 0754 REPORTED WX BELOW THE LANDING MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APCH TO THE ARPT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL FOUND IN ANY OF THE ACFT'S FIVE FUEL TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4094L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3400079
- Airframe hours: 2053
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brady B. Stoner
- Registered owner: Brady B. Stoner
- Departed: C, GREAT FALLS, MT
- Destination: C, OLATHE, KS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MCI, Kansas City Int'L Airport, runway 1, 10,801 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 857 total, 11 in this make and model, 850 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Temperature: 108 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821204062259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821204062259A), Dec 4, 1982: Cessna 340CESSNA, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on ILS approach to destination. Crash landed 1 mile short. Weather below minimums. No alternate.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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