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.
Other Rockwell 500 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr 1983 | Rockwell 500B | Hutchinson, Kansas, United States | Central Air Charter, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 25 Nov 1985 | Rockwell 500-S | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Iowa State University | Fatal | 7 |
| 17 Jan 1987 | Rockwell 500S | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States | Sievers, Norbert H. | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1979 | Rockwell 500B | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Combs Air Frei | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 May 1988 | Rockwell 500-S | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Air Center, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Rockwell 500S | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Alaska Air SER | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 1983 | Cessna P210N | Lawrence, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 1983 | Cassutt III M SPORT | Hiawatha, Kansas, United States | John A. Rolfsmeyer | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1983 | Cessna 172 I | Paola, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 1983 | Cessna 152 | Augusta, Kansas, United States | Goldwing Aviation, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 1983 | Breezy 01 | Kechi, Kansas, United States | Steve L. Phinney | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Oct 1983 | Cessna 150F | Garnett, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |