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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70F0090

1969-06-09 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5996W Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N5996W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

FAIRFAX

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

070° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00028-24811

Total time

344 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

63

Age

18

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

USED CAVITATION OF ENG PUMP.OPS NML ELECT PUMP ON.

Investigator remarks

ELECT FUEL PUMP VALVE LEAKING.PARALLEL INSTLN CA

Cause factors

88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2897. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2897.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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