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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71FCG51

1971-03-29 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3418R 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 · N3418R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

FAIRFAX

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 14 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018258718

Total time

1,114 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

203

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AGAIN.PROP AND MIXT CTLS VERNIER KNOBS SAME SIZE.

Investigator remarks

CTLS SET FOR CLIMB,RPM LOST.PWR RDCD,ENG CAUGHT

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
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 1145. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1145.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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