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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70D0282

1969-10-27 FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N444C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 22 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A559AB

Registrant of record

COOPER THOMAS GORDON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N444C 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 · N444C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DRAKE FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

350° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-3444

Total time

2,012 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

78

Age

18

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D HYD FLUID TO LEAK OUT.

Investigator remarks

R WING SUBST DAMAGE.R BRAKE CYL SEAL WORN ALLOWE

Cause factors

64/A/22 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CJ A
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/38 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Joint cause
88/J/CM J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE Joint cause
88/J/AJ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Joint cause
88/J/AQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint 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 4267. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4267.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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