NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73FCQ17
Registry · N501BD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC P2 ZIP
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A63DC4
Registrant of record
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL 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
BEDE BD5A · N501BD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
K
Airport
NEWTON
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
140° / 8 kt
Temp
63° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000002
Total time
19 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,808
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON COUNTY ROAD.
Investigator remarks
R & D FLT. MIXT CTL ATTACH TO CARB IMPROPER. LND
Cause factors
- 74/C/I1 C POWERPLANT MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 83/B/Y B TERRAIN OTHER
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 3184.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3184.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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