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FTW67F0019

1966-05-18 · DALHART, Texas, United States · Minor · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

N36664 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36TC, built 1980), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA 65CA · N36664
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
550 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
103
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INDER FAILED.

Investigator remarks

ROCKER ARM FOR THE EXHAUST VALVE IN THE NO.1 CYL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/1/W 1
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Subordinate · 1

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1584. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1584.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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