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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75DCQ03

1974-07-10 STAFFORD, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6004Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162

Year of manufacture

2011

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-200 (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110912

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CA3B

Registrant of record

CARLSON ASHLEY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6004Z Piper PA-25 None

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

PIPER PA-25 · N6004Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 15 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000025-7

Total time

2,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

483

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D.ABT 150FT BFR TREES ENCTRD WINDSHEAR,TURBC.

Investigator remarks

PLT AWARE WIND COND ELECTED TO COMPLETE SMALL FL

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
82/C/K C
WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2001. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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