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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70FPG35

1970-06-10 NEWPORT, Arkansas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7749V Callair A9B Serious

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

CALLAIR A9B · N7749V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DG

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001377

Total time

516 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

856

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WIRE ON TOP.

Investigator remarks

PLT SAW HIGH TENSION WIRES,FAILED TO SEE STATIC

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2508. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2508.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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