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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW68A0023

1967-08-31 SPRINGER, Oklahoma, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7452R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19

Engine

GE CF34-3B1

Seats / Engines

55 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20201027

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA07CB

Registrant of record

BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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 PA-28 · N7452R

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

020° / 8 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

795 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

51

Age

37

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE-9/1/67.PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/66 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 82/J/X J
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 2 0692. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0692.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.