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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73DCG39

1973-04-21 JOPLIN, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2001 AERO COMDR 500-B 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 500-B · N2001

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

JOPLIN MUN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

500B1215-100

Total time

3,750 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,465

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IDNT CK TYPE FUEL,JP-4.

Investigator remarks

JET FUEL ADDED BY MISTAKE.PLT SIGNED FUEL SLIP,D

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/D2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
88/C/37 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER Cause
88/C/48 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 1489. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1489.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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