NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73DCG53
Registry · N3908A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-23H
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600518
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4863A
Registrant of record
GINGRAS JOHN T
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
SCHWEIZER 1-23H · N3908A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
EAST KANSAS CITY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000045
Total time
1,053 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
109
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D 23.DNWND LEG LOWER THAN NORMAL.
Investigator remarks
LDG DELAYED DUE CONFLICTING TRAFFIC ON RWY 27 AN
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
- 80/B/BY B AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
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 1751.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1751.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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