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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74DCQ16

1973-11-02 SALINA, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6503Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-23-250

Year of manufacture

1967 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19671110

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A88F92

Registrant of record

SHE-RAT AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6503Y Piper PA-23 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

PIPER PA-23 · N6503Y

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

E

Airport

SALINA MUN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000027-3791

Total time

3,197 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,940

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N5926T SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE UNLIGHTED PARKING AREA.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH PARKED UNATTENDED ACFT CESSNA 150

Cause factors

64/A/38 A
PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/A9 J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
88/J/CX J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY 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 3120. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3120.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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