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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FRJ16

1970-09-09 GILLIAM, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55762

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1941 · 29 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771017

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A71CB1

Registrant of record

DUNTEMAN WILLIAM M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55762 Boeing A75L3 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 A75L3 · N55762

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

GILLIAM

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

93° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000751801

Total time

6,839 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,621

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EE.

Investigator remarks

HIT TREE APRX 20FT AGL,CRASHED ABT 1050FT FRM TR

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 3741. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3741.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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