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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81DCA14

1981-05-31 HOLCOMB, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53555

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 337G

Year of manufacture

1976 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19760401

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C625

Registrant of record

JEWELL AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53555 Cessna 337G 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

CESSNA 337G · N53555

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

COLLINS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000033701698

Total time

407 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,097

Age

33

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED TOOK OFF FM R SIDE OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
80/L/BL L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY

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 1090. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1090.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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