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A mishap which led to a��Beechcraft King Air��colliding into a hangar roof has been attributed to a technical failure. The����happened on Monday, June 16th, and resulted in injuries to both the pilot and a passenger, as���������ǰ��ٱ��.

Critical Phase Of Flight: A Disastrous Takeoff

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In the context of flying, the phrase "critical phases of flight" refers to the takeoff run, takeoff climb, final approach, missed approach, landing, and landing roll. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency����also����that other flying phases can be determined to be critical as well by the commander or pilot-in-command.

comprises a much higher portion of the total accident record for all flights around the world than commercial aircraft do. In February of this year,����on a city street in São Paulo, Brazil. Another case of mechanical failure, this mishap was far more tragic, resulting in the deaths of all aboard as well as others who were on the road at the time of the landing.

Monday’s mishap is one of many general aviation accidents resulting from mechanical issues that manifest during critical phases of flight.����reported that the highway patrol said the plane was flying southbound when:

“[A] mechanical malfunction caused the left engine to become inoperable… [The] pilot lost control of airplane turning left and crashing into building.”

By The Numbers: Why Is General Aviation Riskier?

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All active pilots have extensive training, with certification requirements that are undoubtedly rigorous. A key differential is that all you need to fly a GA aircraft is a private pilot's certificate with 40 hours at the stick.����that are needed when flying specific aircraft models and expertise in low-visibility flying skills. To be eligible for an airline transport pilot license in the US, pilots must have at least 1,500 hours of flight time.

Statistics on general aviation indicate that general aviation is still a safe mode of transportation. An April 2025 report by����recounted that the National Transportation Safety Board (��) estimated that there were 1.049 fatal accidents per every 100,000 flying hours in 2020. That is a more impressive statistic considering there are roughly 211,000 general aviation aircraft in the US, averaging 25.5 million flying hours per year.

Astonishing video shows a twin-engine King Air perched on a roof after crashing onto it in Johnson County, Kansas, on Monday afternoon. Johnson County officials confirmed that around 1:20 p.m. on June 16, a twin-engine King Air crashed on top of a Butler Avionics hangar at New…����— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk)��

The comments on a����post suggest that the flight may have been a training exercise. The posters, who claimed to be from the local area, stated that the plane had to perform a go-around due to left engine failure but could not successfully climb out, resulting in a stall and, ultimately, the crash. Naturally, anonymous social media posts are purely speculative, but the idea that a trainee pilot was at the controls when a mechanical failure happened is��.

The aircraft involved was one of the airline's 27 Boeing 787-8s and among the earliest Dreamliners delivered to the airline.

The Bottom Line: Safety Comes First On Every Flight

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The����Logs reflect only minor injuries to the occupants of the King Air, registered as N1UC. Considering the spectacular nature of the accident and its precarious position on the hangar roof, that is exceptionally good fortune, indeed. Another stroke of good luck was that the hangar was empty at the time, as����confirmed.

The New Century AirCenter remained open and continued with normal operations even as the investigation was underway. The rapid arrival of first responders, the professionalism of the airfield emergency services, and Johnson County emergency services are all to thank for preventing the situation from deteriorating into what could have been a much worse scenario.

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When a commercial jetliner crashes, the results are exponentially more catastrophic, including the loss of life, material destruction, and economic damage felt around the world by the entire aviation industry. This was the case in the recent Air India flight 171 crash, when a Boeing 787 collided with medical university housing and��.