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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71DCQ35

1971-04-25 LIBERAL, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N75321

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA27E6

Registrant of record

DESIMONE SALVATOR J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N75321 Boeing A75N1 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

BOEING A75N1 · N75321

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

LIBERAL

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-3523

Total time

3,954 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,855

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NCY BEFORE AERIAL APPL SEASON. NO LOAD ABD.

Investigator remarks

PLT WAS PRACTISING IN TYPE ACFT TO GAIN PROFICIE

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 0418. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0418.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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