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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCA03

1975-07-20 PIEDMONT, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 560E · N9365R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Business

Airport

PIEDMONT MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000877

Total time

3,793 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,685

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STD-1860 FAILED.INST PWR NOT AVBL WITH RAPID PWR.

Investigator remarks

GO-AROUND WHEN PEOPLE CROSSED RWY.MAG SCREW P/N

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 74/C/BA C
    POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/B/DG B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 2700. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2700.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.