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MKC87LA178

1987-09-25 · KANSAS CITY, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MCI

N192CA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB, built 2007), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL WHEN HE WAS REQUESTED TO SLOW DOWN AND FOLLOW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. HE USED HIS CHECKLIST AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE GEAR UP UNTIL HE WAS CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT. ON SHORT FINAL HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS BUT FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE SLID FOR 600 FEET. THE CONDENSED CHECKLIST, WHICH THE PILOT WAS USING, DID NOT INCLUDE CHECKING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN BEFORE EXTENDING THE GEAR. THE AMPLIFIED CHECKLIST CONTAINS THIS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MKC87LA178.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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