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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEC48

1974-06-03 BELLEVILLE, Michigan, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5404W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA P210N

Year of manufacture

1981

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19810415

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6DAE5

Registrant of record

BAS PART SALES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5404W Piper PA-28 Minor

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

PIPER PA-28 · N5404W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

LEONARD DAYMON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

040° / 2 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000028-472

Total time

1,916 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

400

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LING SLOSHING COMPOUND IN MOLTEN FORM.50FT TREE.

Investigator remarks

R FUEL TANK FUEL SCREEN PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY SEA

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
74/C/CA C
POWERPLANT TANKS Cause
74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1353. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1353.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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