Beech A36 and Cessna 310R accident near Kansas City, Missouri, December 12, 1983
On December 12, 1983 at about 11:57 pm local time, 2 aircraft, Beech A36 (N6416N) and Cessna 310R (N3597G), were involved in the same accident near Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Downtown airport). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made September 29, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 12, 1983 · about 11:57 pm local time
- Place
- Kansas City, Missouri · Kansas City Downtown · map
- Type
- Accident · collision on the ground
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft 1
- Beech A36 · all A36s on the register
- Registration
- N6416N · registry record · serial E-2043
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft 2
- Cessna 310R · all 310Rs on the register
- Registration
- N3597G · no longer on the register · serial 310R0875
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative for the Beech A36 final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE BE-A36 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RYW 18. THE C-310 WAS TAXIING TO ALSO HOLD SHORT & COLLIDED WITH THE BE-A36. THE POSITION & STROBE LIGHTS ON THE BE-A36 WERE ILLUMINATED. THE PLT OF THE C-310 INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE BE-A36 BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A LOT OF LIGHTS IN THE VICINITY. MEASUREMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE SKIDMARK OF THE C-310 ON THE TAXIWAY PAVEMENT SHOWED ABOUT 40 FT OF TIRE SKIDMARKS TO THE POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE BE-A36.
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The NTSB's narrative for the Cessna 310R final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE BE-A36 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 18. THE C-310 WAS TAXIING TO ALSO HOLD SHORT & COLLIDED WITH THE BE-A36. THE POSITION & STROBE LIGHTS ON THE BE-A36 WERE ILLUMINATED. THE PLT OF THE C-310 INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE BE-A36 BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A LOT OF LIGHTS IN THE VICINITY. MEASUREMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE SKIDMARK OF THE C-310 ON THE TAXIWAY PAVEMENT SHOWED ABOUT 40 FT OF TIRE SKIDMARKS TO THE POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE BE-A36.
The NTSB's narratives can run to many pages; this is the opening. Read the full report at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database and is rewritten in plain English only where the NTSB used codes; the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number MKC84FA036.