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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70I0001

1969-07-02 COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N899S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-400

Year of manufacture

2002

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER (280 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020809

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC6853

Registrant of record

STOCKS AVIATION AND MACHINE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N899S AERO COMDR 1121 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

AERO COMDR 1121 · N899S

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000101

Total time

2,295 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

13,300

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R GR,GR DOOR DAMAGED DURING RECOVERY. LANDED OK.

Investigator remarks

FLEW INTO TSTM,ENGS FAILED DUE COMPRESSOR STALL.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0022. Source file NTSB_1969_5_0022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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