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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW68F0407

1967-12-21 KERRVILLE, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7710M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLASAIR SH2

Year of manufacture

1987

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1D (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20161110

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA6F22

Registrant of record

NAVARRE CURTIS R

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

MOONEY M-22 · N7710M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

K

Airport

SCHREINER FIELD

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 12 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Total time

6 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,000

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SSY ON CROSS-OVER MANIFOLD.INTENTL WHEELS UP LNDG.

Investigator remarks

OIL LEAKED FROM FUEL DRAIN CHECK VALVE HOUSING A

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D0 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
  • 74/C/CY C
    POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
  • 88/C/51 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
  • 88/L/BF L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURNED
  • 88/L/AJ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE

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 0979. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0979.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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