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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FQG69

1971-05-02 DALHART, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6238Q Cessna 401A 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

CESSNA 401A · N6238Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DALHART

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 12 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000038

Total time

455 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,602

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TCH.BLO VMC,NOT AWARE L ENG NOT DVLPNG PWR.STALLED

Investigator remarks

ACFT VEERED L.PLT ATTEMPTED LIFT OFF TO AVOID DI

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 3409. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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