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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71AC004

1970-07-13 YPSILANTI, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N760Z Douglas DC-7B 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

DOUGLAS DC-7B · N760Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Public use

Airport

WILLOW RUN

Kind of flying

CS

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045234

Total time

24,927 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

14,000

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACELLE,IGNITED.R GR STRUT FAILED DUE HEAT,STRESS.

Investigator remarks

CAP PLUG MISG FROM DRAIN.FUEL LEAKED INTO NR 3 N

Cause factors

74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
88/C/51 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/B/52 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL

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 1364. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1364.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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