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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DER71

1978-07-08 STANTON, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N221L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHLEICHER K 8 B

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640813

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E5B2

Registrant of record

DUTCHLIAR INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N221L Schleicher K8B 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

SCHLEICHER K8B · N221L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CARLTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 9 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000008205

Total time

823 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

407

Age

73

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GE.

Investigator remarks

SCHLEICHER AS-K13,N3313 PARKED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMA

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS 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 2156. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2156.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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