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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA67F0103

1967-05-10 CUMBERLAND, Maryland, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22831

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560519

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20194

Registrant of record

LIVINGSTON DANIEL C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22831 Piper J3C 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

PIPER J3C · N22831

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

MEXICO FARMS

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,221 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

109

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R HEAT DUCT INSTALLED.

Investigator remarks

MADE FLIGHT WITHOUT ENGINE COWLING AND CARBURETO

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 1527. Source file NTSB_1967_3_1527.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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