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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70F0342

1969-10-22 HONDO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

SWEARENGEN SA226 · N226TC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

K

Airport

HONDO,MUNI

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000TC-200

Total time

73 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

6,524

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTL PROBLEM. VEERED OFF RWY.

Investigator remarks

EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLT FOR TYPE CERT.ENG/PROP PWR

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 74/C/I0 C
    POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 64/B/79 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 4266. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4266.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.