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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FER62

1981-08-18 WELLS, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9068K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-1

Year of manufacture

1947 · 34 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680523

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC88F0

Registrant of record

SMITH STEVEN C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9068K Stinson 108-1 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

STINSON 108-1 · N9068K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

WELLS MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000012059

Total time

1,166 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

225

Age

61

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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 2787. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2787.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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