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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPD45

1975-06-15 JUSTIN, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24197

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FLEET FLEET 16B

Year of manufacture

1941 · 34 years old at event

Engine

KINNER B5 SERIES (125 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560831

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A23769

Registrant of record

RHINEBECK AERODROME MUSEUM

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

FLEET 16B · N24197

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

JUSTIN TIME

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 8 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000303

Total time

400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,800

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T LOOKING FOR OTR ACFT.STEEP PULL UP TO MISS WIRES

Investigator remarks

ANTIQUE BIPLANE BEING FLOWN FROM REAR COCKPIT.PL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/08 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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 1427. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1427.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.