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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79FCD22

1979-06-08 MAPLETON, Iowa, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5301K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVION NAVION B

Engine

LYCOMING 0-435A/0-435C (190 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560201

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6B2F2

Registrant of record

ROSS DONALD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5301K Navion B Minor

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

NAVION B · N5301K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

MAPLETON MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000002201B

Total time

2,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,600

Age

57

Investigator remarks

INLET AIR DUCT.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/BJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS COLLAPSED 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 1220. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1220.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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