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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA67A0005

1967-01-19 NORFOLK, Virginia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7431

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV

Year of manufacture

1952 · 15 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20050514

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA002A

Registrant of record

KINDRED HARVARD LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7431 Vickers 745D Minor

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

VICKERS 745D · N7431

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

NORFOLK MUNI

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

040° / 5 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Total time

26,842 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

14,048

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTIONS AND ARPT VEHICULAR TFC CONTROL INADEQUATE.

Investigator remarks

SNOWPLOW DRIVEN INTO PATH OF N7431.DRIVER INSTRU

Cause factors

68/C/K5 C
PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE Cause
68/C/H9 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
88/C/10 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1 0009. Source file NTSB_1967_1_0009.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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