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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80FCJ26

1980-08-04 O'NEILL, Nebraska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9823M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-4-210C

Year of manufacture

1965 · 15 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19651230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADB55F

Registrant of record

KOELSCH BENJAMIN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9823M Maule M4-210 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

MAULE M4-210 · N9823M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 4 kt

Temp

79° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000010494

Total time

834 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,050

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SUNSET APRX 400 ABV DEP ARPT.PLT UN RECALL ACDNT.

Investigator remarks

DEPD ON X-COUNTRY,500FT AGL.HIT ROLLING TRRN BFR

Cause factors

64/A/52 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/79 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE 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 1802. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1802.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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