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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69D0101

1968-07-06 WALNUT RIDGE, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53414

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1942 · 26 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690421

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C1E1

Registrant of record

HONAN WILLIAM M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53414 Boeing A75 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

BOEING A75 · N53414

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PHILLIPS FARM

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

5,470 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

9,567

Age

67

Investigator remarks

STRUCK RICE FLD LEVEE. ACFT FUELED FROM DRUMS.

Cause factors

68/C/D3 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3 2263. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2263.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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