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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74FCA08

1973-09-10 KENNETT, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9532K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BALONY KUBICEK SPOL SRO BB30Z

Year of manufacture

2020

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20201208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD4274

Registrant of record

BALLOONS OF HUNTERDON LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9532K Stinson 108-2 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

STINSON 108-2 · N9532K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

KENNETT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-2532

Total time

1,984 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

80

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EL.PLT NOT AWARE APRX 2GAL EACH TANK UNUSEABLE.

Investigator remarks

BFR TKOF PLT LOOKED INTO 1 FUEL TANK EST 5GAL FU

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 2790. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2790.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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