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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCG86

1976-07-17 LIBERTY, Missouri, United States Serious 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

BARNES AX6 · N2047F

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A7

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000002047F

Total time

90 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

17

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TIED.PRES PROPANE SPRAYED OUT,CAUGHT FIRE.

Investigator remarks

PLT LIGHT BURNER VALVE PACKING GLAND NUT NOT SAF

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D4 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 76/A/CY A
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/29 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2776. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2776.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.