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MKC75AK023

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

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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