NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC74AK020
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
CURTIS-WRT C-46F · N69346
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAMBERT-ST.LOUIS
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000022401
Total time
16,372 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,118
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E OUT OF ADJUSTMENT,COLLAPSED ON LDG ROLL.
Investigator remarks
EXTNDD GR MANUALLY.R GR DID NOT DOWN-LOCK,LINKAG
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/J/BD J SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Joint cause
- 88/J/BM J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Joint cause
- 88/J/38 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE 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 3711.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3711.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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