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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW68F0584

1968-05-05 ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N361C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 21 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560222

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A41035

Registrant of record

BERG PAUL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N361C Stinson 108-2 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

STINSON 108-2 · N361C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKE BUHLOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

2,065 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

421

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INTAKE. LEFT BRAKE HOUSING SNAP RING FAILED.

Investigator remarks

PARTIAL POWER LOST.DIRT DAUBERS NEST IN CARB AIR

Cause factors

84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/46 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
70/B/CJ B
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/B/95 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE

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 1198. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1198.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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