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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75AK061

1975-06-14 WATERTOWN, South Dakota, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N67KM N.AMERICAN NA-265 Serious

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

N.AMERICAN NA-265 · N67KM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

WATERTOWN MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003807

Total time

348 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

22,000

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TIP CTCTD ONE INST APCH LIGHT ON T BAR BFR GND CTC

Investigator remarks

HIT FLOCK OF INLAND SEAGULLS ON TAKE OFF.R WING

Cause factors

74/C/KB C
POWERPLANT BIRD INGESTION 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 2523. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2523.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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