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FTW72FPD04

1971-07-25 · CLEBURNE, Texas, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
VOLAIRCRAFT 10A · N6666D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
CLEBURNE MUNI
Kind of flying
A3

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000026
Total time
1,247 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
52
Age
39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INDCN OF FIRING.WATER IN BOTTOM OF CARB FLOAT BOWL

Investigator remarks

NR4 CYL COMP BLO NORM.4 LWR PLUGS OIL FOULED,NO

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/AE C
    POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS Cause
  • 88/C/AN C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION Cause
  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2782. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2782.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.