# NTSB MKC86LA192: Beech E55, N9043V, Kansas City, MO, September 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1986, 20:13 local (Sep 23, 1986, 01:13 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.150974, -94.580978 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1510&lon=-94.5810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA192

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - electrical system - undetermined (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - undetermined (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency equipment - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, other
  - fuselage,cabin - fire
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT THIS WAS A POSITIONING FLT FOR A 100 HR INSPN & THAT THE ACFT WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THRU-OUT THE FLT. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS & PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AS HE MADE A VOR APCH AT NIGHT; HOWEVER, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. DURING THE WHEELS UP LANDING, A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE COCKPIT AREA, EXTENSIVELY DAMAGING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, BUT THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS NOT VERIFIED. THE LANDING GEAR UPLOCKS WERE FOUND UNLATCHED, BUT THE WHEELS WERE FOUND IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WHEEL WELLS. AFTER THE ACFT WAS HOISTED OFF THE GROUND, ALL THREE WHEELS EXTENDED WITH NO DIFFICULTY WHEN THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYS WAS OPERATED. NEITHER THE ELECTRICAL GEAR MOTOR NOR THE INSIDE OF THE GEAR MOTOR COMPARTMENT WERE BURNED IN THE FIRE, BUT THE MOTOR HAD EVIDENCE OF THERMAL OVERLOAD DAMAGE AROUND THE WINDING. NO INFO WAS RECORDED ON THE TOWER TAPES TO INDICATE A GEAR PROBLEM BEFORE THE ACFT LANDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9043V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9043V-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N TE919 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-919
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-CB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Wayne Decasta, doing business as Werner Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Mid-West Live-Stock Commission
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MKC, Knasas City Downtown, runway 1, 7,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14,607 total, 510 in this make and model, 14,300 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860922086729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860922086729A), Sep 22, 1986: Beech E55, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed with the gear up. Suspect the pilot delayed gear extensiions.

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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