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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66D0701

1966-06-07 BEN WHEELER, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2067Z Cessna 150C 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

CESSNA 150C · N2067Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

2,455 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

13,926

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PWR PLT-NO GASKET,NO.3 CYLINDER ROCKER BOX COVER.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK TREE STUMP.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
84/C/J C
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
88/J/CB J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Joint cause

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 1228. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1228.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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