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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70DCQ11

1970-02-22 LIBERAL, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4714P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-23-250

Year of manufacture

1960 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19660310

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5C7C3

Registrant of record

KROPF JACOB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4714P Piper PA-23 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-23 · N4714P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LIBERAL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000027-243

Total time

3,967 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,900

Age

34

Investigator remarks

HIT CESSNA 182,N2428X,SUB DMG.

Cause factors

64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AB A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0405. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0405.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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