NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80FEP29
Registry · N5JJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TUSZKA-WEISBROD CASSUTT III M
Year of manufacture
1976 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800519
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6360F
Registrant of record
TUSZKA JAMES M
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
CASSUTT 111M · N5JJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
STEVENS PT MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000001JJ
Total time
200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,307
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AT VIBRATION COULD CLOSE VALVE,FOUND CLOSED.
Investigator remarks
FUEL SHUTOFF FLEXIBLE CONTROL CABLE ROUTED SO TH
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/CC C POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 74/L/AE L POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS
- 88/L/46 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART
- 88/L/AN L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION
- 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 1156.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1156.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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