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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DCG58

1978-08-05 GRAIN VALLEY, 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

SCHWEIZER 1-34 · N7646

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

EAST KANSAS CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000026

Total time

716 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

780

Age

57

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/22 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 2162. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2162.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.