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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW68A0026

1967-09-03 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5006K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402B

Year of manufacture

1997

TCDS

A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC

Engine

P&W PT6A SERIES (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19970306

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A63D24

Registrant of record

WOODS AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5006K Lockheed 188A 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

LOCKHEED 188A · N5006K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Airport

MOISANT FIELD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

20,118 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

11,588

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CREASE RPM POSITION.

Investigator remarks

NUMBER 4 ROTARY ACTUATOR FAILED WHILE IN FULL IN

Cause factors

74/C/FC C
POWERPLANT ELECTRIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 1 0065. Source file NTSB_1967_1_0065.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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