NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FA044
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
AERONCA 65-TAL · N36878
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
PRIVATE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000L1931TA
Total time
3,100 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
600
Age
44
Investigator remarks
OBSTN FOUND IN FUEL VENT LN.
Cause factors
- 74/C/CJ C POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
- 88/C/CF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 0530.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0530.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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