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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70FPD06

1970-03-14 BROWNWOOD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9529C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T303

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19830105

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3FAB

Registrant of record

SILVER LINING CARPET CARE & RESTORATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9529C N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 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

N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 · N9529C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BROWNWOOD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000026904

Total time

6,202 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,809

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN TANK HAD FOREIGN MATTER IN FUEL.

Investigator remarks

CARB MAIN DISCH NOZZLES LOOSE,LEAKING FUEL. R MA

Cause factors

74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 1276. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1276.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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