- Date
- September 13, 1985, 08:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88DMCessna 421B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850913045119A
- Case key
- 34033
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.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on an IFR flt, the right eng lost pwr and the plt aborted the takeoff. The acft ran off the end of the rwy, across two ditches, one road, through a fence and struck a post in a fld. During post accident tests, the right eng would run only when it was primed with fuel. The exact part of the fuel system that malfunctioned could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88DM
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0574
- Airframe hours
- 1,457
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Federated Rural Elect. Ins.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985
- Destination
- BUM · Butler, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OJC · Johnson City Exec, runway 35, 4,099 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,783 total · 213 in this make and model · 3,893 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.