NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC81FA053
Registry · N777MM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B36TC
Year of manufacture
1997
Engine
P&W PT6A SERIES (500 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030107
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA8427
Registrant of record
JSGJR LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
AERO COMDR 685 · N777MM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
KS CITY DOWNTOWN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
050° / 9 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000012030
Total time
1,400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
4,640
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROP SHAFT BRG FAILED.APRX 400LBS OVR MAX GROSS WT.
Investigator remarks
NR 4,5,6 MAIN ENG BRGS,NR 1,2,6 ROD BRGS & FNT P
Cause factors
- 74/C/AY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/80 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/97 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 64/K/29 K PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint factor
- 88/K/76 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint factor
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 3021.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3021.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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