NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72DCG30
Registry · N21JD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5
Year of manufacture
1959 · 12 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590619
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1B7F5
Registrant of record
ACE MAKER AVIATION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
N. AMERICAN SNJ-5 · N21JD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
EAST KANSAS CITY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000090996
Total time
5,713 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,196
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CH END.LNDD RWY 27 W/O FURTHER DMG.
Investigator remarks
LNDG RWY 23,HIT PWR POLE LCTD 400-500FT NE OF AP
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/15 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 4407.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4407.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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