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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DCQ37

1978-08-31 GARDEN CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5701J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Year of manufacture

1983

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19830930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A750ED

Registrant of record

BENINGFIELD ALEC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5701J Cessna 182P 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

CESSNA 182P · N5701J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

GARDEN CITY MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 20 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018263495

Total time

1,085 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

74

Age

26

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTS TO 28KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 2314. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2314.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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