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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71DCQ47

1971-06-18 HAYS, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N42966 Cessna 182L 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

CESSNA 182L · N42966

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

HAYS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 25 kt

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018259268

Total time

236 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

79

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOSE GR,FIREWALL DMG.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 35K.BECAME AIRBORNE AFTR TOUCHDOWN.

Cause factors

64/A/62 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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 2090. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2090.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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