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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77FCG23

1977-05-18 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9TJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10

Year of manufacture

2014

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-710A220

Seats / Engines

23 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20150623

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC6C2C

Registrant of record

EXECJET II LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9TJ Pitts S1S 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

PITTS S1S · N9TJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

CEDAR AIR PARK

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000292H

Total time

180 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,002

Age

33

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1400. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1400.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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