# NTSB MKC83IA078: Aero Commander 680W, N200DT, Kansas City, KS, March 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 16, 1983, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Coordinates: 39.150234, -94.609413 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1502&lon=-94.6094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83IA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33366/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA078

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,pump - loss,total (cause)
  - maintenance,service bulletin/letter - delayed, manufacturer (cause)
  - fuel system,fuel control - loss,total (cause)
  - reduction gear assy,accessory drive gear - fatigue (cause)
- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - hydraulic system - pressure too low (cause)
  - maintenance,service bulletin/letter - not performed, company maintenance personnel (cause)
  - hydraulic system,pump - foreign object damage (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200DT-2011-06-28), registration cancelled 2011-06-28, S/N 1763-9, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680W
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 680W](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680w) (registry code 0141716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1763-9
- Airframe hours: 4931
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830316075129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830316075129I), Mar 16, 1983: Gulstm 680W, Kansas City, KS, Minor damage. Right engine failed. Unable to lower gear. Landed gear up. Fuel pump drive failed. Engine hydraulic pump also failed.

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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