Aviation Crash Map

Aero Commander 680FL N6509V

16 December 1987 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 December 1987 at about 03:11 local time, a Aero Commander 680FL registered N6509V was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 90 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:11
Classification
Accident
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport
Kansas City International (MCI)
Coordinates
39.0090, -94.4594
Aircraft
Aero Commander 680FL
Registration
N6509V
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MKC88FA028

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
90 0 0 0 90

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

AT 2108:57 EA FLT 275(EA275) A BOEING 727, WAS CLEARED TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 19 AND AT 2110:24 N6509V, AN AERO COMMANDER,WAS CLEARED TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD. N6509V ENTERED RUNWAY 19 NEAR MID-FIELD AT TAXIWAY A-3 WITHOUT ADVISING THE TOWER OF HIS INTENT TO DEPART FROM AN INTERSECTION. THE CAPTAIN OF EA275 SAW N6509V ENTERING THE RUNWAY; HOWEVER HE STATED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT TIME TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND BEGAN AN EARLY ROTATION IN AN EFFORT TO MISS N6509V. EA275'S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF N6509V CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO N6509V ANDMINOR DAMAGE TO EA275. THE CREW OF EA275 WAS UNAWARE OF THE COLLISION AND CONTINUED TO SEATTLE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.NIGHT VMC EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. CONSIDERABLE SNOW REMOVAL ACTIVITY WAS IN PROGRESS ON TAXIWAYS BETWEEN TAXIWAY A-3 AND THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY 19. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER DID NOT VERIFY THE POSITION OF N6509V BEFORE CLEARING THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE RUNWAY AND THE GROUND CONTROLLER DID NOT MONITOR THE TAXI ROUTE OF N6509V. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Aero Commander 680FL 680FL N6509V - Substantial
Boeing 727-225A 727-225A N8866E - Minor

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no coordinates
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