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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73AK019

1972-09-03 BLAKESBURG, Iowa, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

JOHNSON 185 · N90201

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

ANTIQUE AIR FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000008

Total time

1,096 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

95

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF SLOW MOVING VINTAGE-TYPE ACFT IN PATTERN.

Investigator remarks

2200FT SOD RWY MRGL FOR MAKE AND MODEL.LARGE NR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/33 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Joint cause
  • 80/J/BY J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/61 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN Joint cause

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 3243. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3243.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.