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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69F0452

1968-11-27 HAMILTON, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1049C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-11

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19990526

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01726

Registrant of record

GERBI CHARLES R TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1049C Beech B99 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

BEECH B99 · N1049C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

728 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,730

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L.

Investigator remarks

L ENG SHUT DOWN,R ENG LOST POWER UNABLE RESTART

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/C/36 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Cause
64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
68/L/E0 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES
68/L/E4 L
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT
88/K/DG K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP 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 4859. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4859.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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