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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70AK044

1970-02-14 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5659D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-7-235

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19850207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A73D14

Registrant of record

JAUSS AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5659D Beech E18S Fatal

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

BEECH E18S · N5659D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

070° / 12 kt

Temp

22° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000B-392

Total time

5,719 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,014

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AILED,AT UNDET TIME,LIMITED DE-ICING CAPABILITY.

Investigator remarks

MAIL FLT.PLT AWARE OF ICING COND.L VACUUM PUMP F

Cause factors

74/A/HA A
POWERPLANT VACUUM PUMPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/74 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
88/J/75 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Joint cause
82/J/F J
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0760. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0760.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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