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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCG16

1980-11-15 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N103CB Bellanca 17-31 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

BELLANCA 17-31 · N103CB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

FAIRFAX MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

360° / 8 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000031030

Total time

717 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,444

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PPED FOR FLT INTO ICING CONDITIONS.

Investigator remarks

FILED INST FLT PLAN,NO INST RATING.ACFT NOT EQUI

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
64/C/40 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/L/74 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
82/L/F L
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.

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 3567. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3567.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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