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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70DCG02

1970-01-21 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3592R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1969 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691010

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A408EA

Registrant of record

BURNT RIDGE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3592R Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N3592R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

JOHNSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

120° / 4 kt

Temp

9° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-5705

Total time

124 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

76

Age

28

Investigator remarks

PATCHES OF ICE ON THE ASPHALT RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0370. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0370.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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