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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75FCQ12

1974-08-12 LIBERAL, Kansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N41823 Bellanca 7KCAB Minor

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

BELLANCA 7KCAB · N41823

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D8

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000074-406

Total time

309 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

688

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRIOR TO GND IMPACT.LITTLE OR NO FUEL IN TANKS.

Investigator remarks

WITNESSES REPORTED LOW FLYING AND LOOP TYPE MAN

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
88/K/14 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 2589. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2589.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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