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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81IA031

1981-03-05 EAST ALTON, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44DG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LANCAIR LANCAIR IV

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010721

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A54896

Registrant of record

TIME FLIES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44DG Douglas DC-6A 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

DOUGLAS DC-6A · N44DG

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Public use

Airport

CIVIC MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045378

Total time

36,388 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,000

Age

34

Investigator remarks

DSNDG THRU 7500FT,FIRE BGN AFT ENG BACKFIRED.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/K/51 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE 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 5 0010. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0010.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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