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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC72DCQ31

1971-10-28 SALINA, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9629R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH B95

Year of manufacture

1959 · 12 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19591116

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD6737

Registrant of record

THOMAS CHRISTOPHER A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9629R Beech B95 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

BEECH B95 · N9629R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

SALINA MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000TD-307

Total time

2,853 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,850

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T FUEL SYPHONING.C/P RETRDD PWR,PUSHED YOKE FWD.

Investigator remarks

C/P BROUGHT ACFT FRM ICT PREV FLT,DID NOT ADZ PL

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
65/B/43 B
COPILOT
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
74/L/CJ L
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS
88/L/AV L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING
88/L/86 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SIPHONING

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 4383. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4383.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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