Plane Crash List

Rockwell 500-S N57222

30 January 1983 · Kansas City, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 January 1983 at about 01:00 local time, a Rockwell 500-S registered N57222, operated by Dodson Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport
Kansas City Downtown (MKC)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Rockwell 500-S
Registration
N57222
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Dodson Aviation, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Ferry
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Nevada → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MKC83FA059

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A GEAR UP, FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ON THE EAST BANK OF THE KANSAS RIVER AFTER BOTH ENGINES QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT HAD LANDED AT NEW ORLEANS FOR FUEL AND REQUESTED THE TANKS BE TOPPED OFF. EN ROUTE TO KANSAS CITY,THE PILOT STOPPED AT NEVADA, MO TO USE THE TELEPHONE AND REFUEL. HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AIRPORT ATTENDANT, SO HE TOOKOFF WITHOUT REFUELING. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH KANSAS CITY. AS HE APPROACHED KANSAS CITY, BOTH ENGINES QUIT. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION SHOWED ONLY ONE HALF GALLON IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. WITH THE BATTERY SWITCH ON, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED EMPTY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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5 Apr 1983 Rockwell 500B
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25 Nov 1985 Rockwell 500-S
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17 Jan 1987 Rockwell 500S
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22 Dec 1979 Rockwell 500B
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no coordinates
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8 May 1988 Rockwell 500-S
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Jacksonville, Florida, United States
no coordinates
Air Center, Inc. No injuries -
19 Dec 1978 Rockwell 500S
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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
Alaska Air SER No injuries -

All 22 records for this type

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