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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCG19

1980-12-15 SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8065V Bede BD-5B 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

BEDE BD-5B · N8065V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

SPRINGFIELD RGNL

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000673

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

11,400

Age

75

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ASSY FAILED.SCOTCH WELD NOT SUITABLE FOR HI TEMP.

Investigator remarks

SCOTCH WELD & ALUMINUM POP RIVETS ON PROP DRIVE

Cause factors

68/A/J2 A
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/LI A
POWERPLANT SHAFT PROPELLER Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3409. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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