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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DCD11

1978-02-15 DES MOINES, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6927Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A23-24

Year of manufacture

1967 · 11 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671027

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A93580

Registrant of record

IOWA MILITARY AVIATION HERITAGE MUSEUM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6927Q Beech A24 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

BEECH A24 · N6927Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DES MOINES MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000MA-286

Total time

3,906 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

172

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

. THROTTLE AT FULL PWR DURING START.

Investigator remarks

A/C MOVED FORWARD DURING JUMP START STRIKING TUG

Cause factors

64/A/21 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/22 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/36 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES 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 0171. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0171.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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