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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA69F0209

1969-06-04 WH SUL SPRGS, West Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N31845

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 65-LB

Year of manufacture

1940 · 29 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791214

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3678B

Registrant of record

WALLS SALES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N31845 Aeronca 65-LB 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

AERONCA 65-LB · N31845

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

GREENBRIER

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Total time

980 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

72

Age

17

Investigator remarks

PLT SAID HE FAILED TO USE CARB HEAT.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR 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 3 1501. Source file NTSB_1969_3_1501.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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