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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75AK023

1974-10-07 TOPEKA, Kansas, United States Fatal 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BEECH E18S · N995H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Airport

PHILLIP BILLARD

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000259

Total time

600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,750

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 195 MG PCT.

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT CRASHED 500 NM BEYIND PLANNED DESTINATI

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
88/C/46 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Cause
88/C/CV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause
74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/K/51 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE 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 4284. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4284.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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