NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73DCG48
Registry · N75567
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING B75N1
Year of manufacture
1943 · 30 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19930716
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA2FE6
Registrant of record
VINTAGE FLYERS INC
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
BOEING B75N1 · N75567
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
GARNETT
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-7711
Total time
6,880 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,299
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SINK UN CK SINK RATE HIT TREES.
Investigator remarks
WITHIN 200FT AND 50FT ABV TREES ACFT STARTED TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/24 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD 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 1490.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1490.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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