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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79FA051

1979-09-05 GARDEN CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N59200 Cessna 210L Fatal

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 210L · N59200

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021060158

Total time

1,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

234

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N.INFLIGHT FIRE FROM LOOSE ALT GND WIRE.ENG FAILED

Investigator remarks

LEVEL TERRAIN.STRUCK NATURAL GAS METERING STATIO

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
75/C/DC C
SYSTEMS WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS Cause
75/C/AJ C
SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
88/C/AM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ARCING Cause
88/C/51 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
88/L/50 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT

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 2969. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2969.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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