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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70F0161

1969-08-31 DECATUR, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2538B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CONSOLIDATED VULTEE L-13

Engine

LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A26615

Registrant of record

OLD AEROPLANE COMPANY LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2538B Convair L-13 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

CONVAIR L-13 · N2538B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

DECATUR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000047360

Total time

1,012 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

747

Age

29

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3819. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3819.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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