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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI82FEP03

1981-10-04 PARK FALLS, Wisconsin, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4613N Cessna 402B Serious

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

CESSNA 402B · N4613N

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

PARK FALLS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000402B1368

Total time

1,414 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,928

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

W 6300LBS,G/W AT TKOF 6238LBS.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED ENGS NOT PRODUCING FULL THRUST.MAX G/

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/C/81 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3286. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3286.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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