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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI82FA001

1981-10-04 FRASER, Michigan, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6675

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 3NM

Year of manufacture

1952 · 29 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8D141

Registrant of record

TARRINGTON THOMAS A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6675 Beech D-18S Fatal

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

BEECH D-18S · N6675

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MCKINLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

160° / 7 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000CA-256

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,750

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& 6.PLT RPTD ENG FIRE RTNG TO RWY9,ATMTD LND RWY27

Investigator remarks

LEAK FM INTER CYL OIL DRAIN LINE BETWEEN CYLS 5

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/51 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 2770. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2770.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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