- Date
- July 19, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1459JRockwell 112A
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33447
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 control - in flight
Door,passenger - openFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateFactor
Diverted attentionCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot said the right cabin door came open after takeoff and he reentered the traffic pattern to land. He was cleared to land on rwy 21 but the aircraft overshot final approach, stalled and landed in the grass. It then collided with a fence and crossed a dike before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1459J
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 459
- Airframe hours
- 1,214
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C106, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dictation Systems Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Destination
- 40M · Shell Knob, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MKC · Downtown, runway 21, 5,052 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,900 total · 18 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC