- Date
- March 16, 1983, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200DTAero Commander 680W
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830316075129I
- Case key
- 33366
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,pump - loss,totalCause
Maintenance,service bulletin/letter - delayedCause
Fuel system,fuel control - loss,totalCause
Reduction gear assy,accessory drive gear - fatigueCause
Other gear collapsed
Hydraulic system - pressure too lowCause
Maintenance,service bulletin/letter - not performedCause
Hydraulic system,pump - foreign object damageCause
Analysis
The number 2 engine failed in cruise flight. Durng descent the landing gear failed to extend. The pilot landed intentional gear up in the sod area adjacent to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200DT
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680W
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1763-9
- Airframe hours
- 4,931
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-151K, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Air Charter
- Registered owner
- John D. Towner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1983 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KCK · Fairfax Muni, runway 35, 7,300 × 150 ft, grass/turf
N200DTRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2011 · Aero Commander 680WAirframe modelAero Commander 680WEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,195 total · 71 in this make and model · 8,595 as pilot in command · 314 in the last 90 days · 74 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.