Status:	Final
Date:	09 JAN 1985
Time:	07:01 CST
Type:	Lockheed L-188AF Electra
Operator:	TPI International Airways
Registration:	N357Q
C/n / msn:	1044
First flight:	1959
Engines:	4 Allison 501-D13
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	ca 5 km NW from Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America
Destination airport:	Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC), United States of America

Narrative:
After being vectored for a VOR runway 03 approach, a clearance was given to circle and land on runway 36 instead. Because the aircraft was high on the approach, a missed approach was initiated. After circling left, the aircraft became accidentally lined up with the nearby Fairfax Airport. The captain then took over control from the 1st officer, initiated a missed approach and climbed steeply to 3100 feet. At 3100 feet the Electra stalled and entered a steep descent and crashed into a public water treatment plant.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Airspeed..not maintained..pilot in command
Stall..inadvertent..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Weather condition..low ceiling
Weather condition..fog
Light condition..dawn
IFR procedure..improper..copilot/second pilot
Supervision..inadequate..pilot in command
Became lost/disoriented..inadvertent..copilot/second pilot
Became lost/disoriented..inadvertent..pilot in command"

Events:

Sources:
» NTSB id. DCA85AA009