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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70FCG24

1970-04-27 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6546J 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 · N6546J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

JOHNSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 30 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-4989

Total time

526 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

92

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND STOP ASSY.

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE LEVER ASSY CAME LOOSE FROM CARB SHAFT A

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 1000. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1000.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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