NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC83FA032
Registry · N4094L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BROWN W DENNIS 77500 CUBIC FT
Year of manufacture
1995
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20080630
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4D0FF
Registrant of record
COLE TIMOTHY S
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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Factual narrative
THE PLT LISTED A TOTAL FUEL ENDURANCE OF 5+30 ON HIS FLT PLAN & A TOTAL OF 182 GALS AT TAKEOFF ON HIS PLT/OPERATOR ACCIDENT REPORT. THE TOTAL ACFT FUEL CAPACITY IS 162 GALS. THE FLT DEPARTED A 1055. AT 1527 THE PLT RECEIVED DESTINATIONWX OF CEILING INDEFINITE 100 FT SKY OBSCURED VISIBILITY 1/8 MI IN FOG. THE PLT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE VISIBILITY AS 18 MI & SHOT AN APPROACH TO JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC ARPT. AT 1532 HE DECLARED A MISSED APCH & ADVISED KANSAS CITY APPROACH HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN APPROACH TO KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT. AT 1541 THE PLT ADVISED THAT BOTH ENGS HAD FAILED. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 1 MI SHORT OFTHE ARPT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PLT OBTAINED ENROUTE WX BRIEFINGS FOR WX CONDITIONS AT JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC ARPT. WX OBSERVATIONS AT & AFTER 0754 REPORTED WX BELOW THE LANDING MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APCH TO THE ARPT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL FOUND IN ANY OF THE ACFT'S FIVE FUEL TANKS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1982_MKC83FA032.txt.
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