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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DRJ02

1974-07-11 MANGHAM, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA A188 · N9921G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000721

Total time

1,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

500

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UEL LINE FITTING TO CARB LEAKED.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STALLED DURING ATTEMPT TO AVOID HI TREES. F

Cause factors

  • 74/C/CB C
    POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
  • 88/C/AJ C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
  • 84/B/7 B
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 1783. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1783.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.