Cessna CE-500 N22FM

Summary

On 26 April 1983 at about 19:54 local time, a Cessna CE-500 registered N22FM was involved in an accident near Witchita, Kansas, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 April 1983 at 19:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Witchita, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mid-Continent (ICT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna CE-500

Registration

N22FM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA094

2 people had minor injuries.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING TAKEOFF. THE FUEL TANK IN THE RIGHT WING RUPTURED AND THE ACFT BURNED WHILE SLIDING TO A STOP. THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS WASHED AND THE THRUST REVERSER DOORS WERE POLISHED. AFTER THE SERVICE, THE REVERSER DOORS CIRCUIT BREAKERS WHICH HAD BEEN PULLED WERE NOT RESET. IT WAS COMPANY POLICY TO LEAVE CIRCUIT BREAKERS OUT THAT WERE PULLED DURING SERVICING. PRIOR TO FLT, THE ACFT WAS LOADED AND THE ENGINES STARTED. THE REVERSED UNLOCK LIGHTS ON BOTH REVERSER ANNUNCIATOR PANELS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE CO-PLT AND ELECTED TO GO. HE PUSHED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES WHICH UNLATCHED THE LIGHT HOUSING AND PUT OUT THE 'UNLOCK' LIGHTS. AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE THE GEAR WAS RETRACTING THE ACFT YAWED RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. ALL OCCUPANTS EVACUATED AND AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT A CESSNA ACFT INVESTIGATOR OBSERVED THE TWO THRUST REVERSER CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN THE 'OUT', OPEN POSITION AND PARTIALLY COVERED BY A FLT CHART. BOTH THRUST REVERSERS WERE DEPLOYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.