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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80FA052

1980-08-30 BENTON, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3859K Globe GC-1B 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

GLOBE GC-1B · N3859K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

BENTON MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003559

Total time

1,680 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

4,300

Age

24

Investigator remarks

HORIZ STAB SPARS FAILED.

Cause factors

64/A/09 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/D3 J
AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint 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 2204. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2204.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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