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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73AF039

1973-01-24 BURNS FLAT, Oklahoma, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N152

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19991221

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D19C

Registrant of record

DONAHOE WILIAM B TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N152 Lockheed TV-2 Fatal

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

LOCKHEED TV-2 · N152

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

G

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 5 kt

Temp

39° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000128671

Total time

6,626 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,955

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

W.

Investigator remarks

PLT HAD HI BLOOD PRESSURE COND. FAA ACFT AND CRE

Cause factors

64/A/64 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/65 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK 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 0419. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0419.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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