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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70D0243

1969-10-11 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9946C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28RT-201T

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADE4AC

Registrant of record

THEODOROU EVANGELOS A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9946C Luscombe 8F None

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

LUSCOMBE 8F · N9946C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

JOHNSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

050° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000S-50

Total time

572 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,000

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STING TO 15K.

Investigator remarks

40 FT TAXIWAY IN USE AS RWY DUE CONSTRUCTION. GU

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
80/K/BR K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 4201. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4201.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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