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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FA007

1977-11-04 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N777BB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1961 · 16 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610329

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA8323

Registrant of record

MRNAK ANDY M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

CESSNA 310 · N777BB

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

KANSAS CITY MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

030° / 5 kt

Temp

64° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035434

Total time

2,781 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,160

Age

48

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/99 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 88/L/03 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE

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 4012. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4012.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.