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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FA043

1981-07-23 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N17705 Beech 58TC Fatal

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

BEECH 58TC · N17705

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

E

Airport

FAIRFAX MUNI

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

120° / 10 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000TK-47

Total time

1,249 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,200

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D ELEV TRIM ARMS EXTDD 1 1/2 INCHES(23DEG NOSE DN)

Investigator remarks

L & R ELEV TRIM ACTUATORS REVERSED DRG INSTLN,FN

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/CC A
SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CB A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED 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 1686. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1686.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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