- Date
- December 20, 1985, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N761YSCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851220063199A
- Case key
- 34055
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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
The plt was seen to enter the acft for a short time and then get out, go to the front of the acft and pull down on the prop. The eng fired and the prop struck the pilot's head. A plt who approached the acft moments after the acdt looked into the cockpit and noted the mag switch on both and the master switch on. The eng controls were also full forward and the fuel selector was on the rt tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761YS
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062630
- Airframe hours
- 2,033
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lebarge Hamilton Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1985 · 110 hours before
- Destination
- MO06 · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- MKC · Kansas City Downtown
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.