Amateur-built DHG-6-300 accident near Kansas City, Missouri, August 1, 1983
On August 1, 1983 at about 12:30 pm local time, a amateur-built DHG-6-300, registered N723CA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 16 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 1, 1983 · about 12:30 pm local time
- Place
- Kansas City, Missouri · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 16 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built DHG-6-300
- Registration
- N723CA · registry record · serial 723
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PARKED, THE OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE AWNING ON A BUILDING.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 5,240 hours in all; 740 in this make and model; 265 in the last 90 days; 4,263 as pilot in command; 11 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme
- Maximum gross weight: 11,000 lb
- Seats: 22
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Unknown PT6-20 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: FOE Topeka KS at 12:00 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 060° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 18,000 ft; scat at 8,000 ft
- Temperature: 77°F (25°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 12:00 pm from MKC, 15 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 14 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N723CA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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