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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FER02

1974-08-04 RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6519D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN F-51D

Year of manufacture

1944 · 30 years old at event

Engine

PKRD-ROLL V1650 SERIES (1490 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19601122

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A89408

Registrant of record

SMITH JAMES E TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6519D N. AMERICAN P-51 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

N. AMERICAN P-51 · N6519D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000044-74012

Total time

1,065 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

791

Age

22

Investigator remarks

LNDD ON BRIDGE TO MISS WIRES.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2354. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2354.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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