NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW68F0254
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
LUSCOMBE 8E · N2021B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
KINGSLAND ESTATES
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,059 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
258
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OWING SAND AND GRASS TO ENTER CHAMBER-
Investigator remarks
CARBURETOR STRAINER ASSY INSTALLED BACKWARDS ALL
Cause factors
- 74/C/CG C POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
- 74/C/CE C POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 2879.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_2879.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-l8E Model
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-18E Model (Invited)
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
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