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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI66F0113

1965-06-24 KENOSHA, Wisconsin, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

STINSON 108-2 · N9519K

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 5 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,312 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

5,000

Age

55

Investigator remarks

NO 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE FAILED

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AF C
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

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 2096. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2096.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.