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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75AK038

1975-01-31 OLATHE, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N399T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182S

Year of manufacture

2000

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20000830

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4A5E1

Registrant of record

BG FLIGHT GROUP LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

AERO COMDR 680V · N399T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

EXECUTIVE-JOHNSON

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000001532-2

Total time

2,360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

18,843

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UT OF OVCST ABT 400 FT OVR END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

MDT AIRFRAME ICING IN AREA.ACFT OBSUD TO BREAK O

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/82 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 2098. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2098.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.