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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC72DCQ50

1972-04-18 MCPHERSON, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7998V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER CALLAIR A-9B

Year of manufacture

1970 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADCF8

Registrant of record

DONICA LELDON H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7998V AERO COMDR A9B 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

AERO COMDR A9B · N7998V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DD

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MCPHERSON MUNI

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 4 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001589

Total time

965 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

550

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OAD,WENT UND WIRES,HIT POLE.DENS ALT ABT 3000FT.

Investigator remarks

STALLED DURG ATMT TO CLIMB OVR PWR LINE,DUMPED L

Cause factors

64/C/16 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
82/L/W L
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
83/L/I L
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
84/L/7 L
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
88/L/24 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD

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 1552. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1552.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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