NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEC27
Registry · N50414
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65
Year of manufacture
1943 · 34 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19570711
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A64B64
Registrant of record
SOTTILE JOSEPH S JR
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
TAYLORCRAFT L-2 · N50414
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
CUSTER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
040° / 7 kt
Temp
64° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000L-5036
Total time
993 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
689
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D FOR APRX 15MOS.
Investigator remarks
OIL TANK PICK-UP TUBE OBSTRUCTED.ENG NOT OPERATE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/DB C POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
- 88/C/CF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
- 88/C/97 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL STARVATION Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2618.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2618.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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