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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71DRA62

1971-05-17 CROSBY, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4936C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING E75N1

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A61E6A

Registrant of record

EAST MORICHES AERIAL ADVERTISING LTD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4936C Boeing E75 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

BOEING E75 · N4936C

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

SEABURG

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000758427

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,200

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O PROP.PROP WENT INTO HIGH PITCH.

Investigator remarks

OIL SUMP SCREEN COLLAPSED,PREVENTING OIL PRESS T

Cause factors

74/C/DD C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,SCREEN Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 5 0019. Source file NTSB_1971_5_0019.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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