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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75AK006

1974-07-28 LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2068U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SHIELD AI INC V-BAT

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1ABD0

Registrant of record

SHIELD AI INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2068U Maule M-4 Fatal

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

MAULE M-4 · N2068U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MCCOMAS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000003005C

Total time

350 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

375

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HIT N3854J,SUB DMG.VERNIER THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK.

Investigator remarks

T/D L SKID.THOUGHT THROTTLE STUCK,ATMTD GO-ARND.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/44 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2758. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2758.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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