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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW67F0253

1966-09-18 MONROE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4051 Mooney M-18C 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

MOONEY M-18C · N4051

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SELMAN FIELD

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 6 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,109 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,540

Age

44

Investigator remarks

ALTITUDE TOO LOW TO FULLY EXTEND GEAR.

Cause factors

74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
88/C/AR C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) 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 2967. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2967.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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