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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70F0223

1969-09-18 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6944N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M-20G

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680731

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A93C83

Registrant of record

YATES GARY DOUGLAS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6944N Mooney M20G 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

MOONEY M20G · N6944N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

JOHNSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000680153

Total time

436 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

773

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SUMP.

Investigator remarks

1/2 PINT OF WATER DRAINED FROM L MAIN FUEL TANK

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 4000. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4000.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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