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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71FCQ20

1970-09-29 GOODLAND, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N25P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SMITH MINIPLANE DSA-1

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19800314

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2566A

Registrant of record

WILLIAMSON TRACY C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N25P Smith DSA-1 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

SMITH DSA-1 · N25P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

RENNER FIELD

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000HCP-2

Total time

83 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,537

Age

56

Investigator remarks

APRX 1/4IN SLACK,TAILWHEEL STEERING ASSY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
70/L/CD L
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES

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 3871. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3871.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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