NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72IK050
Registry · N8867R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 17-30
Year of manufacture
1962 · 10 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC377C
Registrant of record
WAMEGO WILLIAM O
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
BELLANCA 17-30 · N8867R
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
K
Airport
SALINA MUNI
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004229
Total time
1,100 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
980
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
,PIC WAS CHIEF ENGR OF ACFT CORP.
Investigator remarks
GR WARNING HORN INOP,LIGHTS OK. TEST PLT AT CTLS
Cause factors
- 65/A/10 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
5 0015.
Source file
NTSB_1972_5_0015.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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