NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC76AK041
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
VOLPAR D18C-T · N349V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
MINNEAPOLIS MUNI
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000-005
Total time
12,020 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,872
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TRACT CTR CROSS SHAFT AND GR BOX SHAFT.
Investigator remarks
AN4-15A BOLT SHEARED AT ATTACHMENT OF LNDG GR RE
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/27 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/AL J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED 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 0337.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0337.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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