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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FCG63

1978-09-02 HIAWATHA, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N48587

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR

Year of manufacture

1942 · 36 years old at event

Engine

KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560323

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5FEBC

Registrant of record

STIX ALBERT I

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N48587 Ryan PT-22 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

RYAN PT-22 · N48587

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HIAWATHA MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002073

Total time

3,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,490

Age

36

Cause factors

64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2145. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2145.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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