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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FPD27

1970-11-22 LAKE DALLAS, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N17195

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON SR-9C

Year of manufacture

1937 · 33 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680812

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12095

Registrant of record

CARD ROBERT H II

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

STINSON SR-9C · N17195

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKE VIEW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005300

Total time

1,773 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

678

Age

61

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UNCTION.

Investigator remarks

PWR LINES HIDDEN BY TREES. INVEST SHOWED NO MALF

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/34 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
  • 83/K/E K
    TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3186. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3186.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.