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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FA010

1980-12-10 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11RM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH B36TC

Year of manufacture

1993

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-UB (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930921

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02B5D

Registrant of record

HAIG AMY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N11RM Swearingen SA226T 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

SWEARINGEN SA226T · N11RM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000T-206

Total time

2,680 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

8,820

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D W SEALER.FUEL TNKS RECENTLY RESEALED FOR LEAKS.

Investigator remarks

L WING SKIN COLLAPSED DRG DSCNT.FUEL VENT PLUGGE

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/CJ A
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CF A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/AE A
AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BJ A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS COLLAPSED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3179. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3179.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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