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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70FDW14

1970-05-20 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N712C Stinson 108-3 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

STINSON 108-3 · N712C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

070° / 6 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-3712

Total time

1,304 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

146

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KE FOUND IN CARB.

Investigator remarks

RUBBER BOOT USED TO CONNECT HEAT BOX AT AIR INTA

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 2193. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2193.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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