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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FA061

1978-07-17 SULPHUR SPRING, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N333FW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI T40

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A186

Registrant of record

WIESE ENGINEERING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N333FW Beech A65 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

BEECH A65 · N333FW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000LC294

Total time

4,722 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

6,150

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IGINATED HOWEVER N333FW'S S/N HOSES NOT INCLUDED.

Investigator remarks

AD 72-18-08 REQUIRED INSP OF HOSES WHERE FIRE OR

Cause factors

74/A/CB A
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/AJ A
SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BG A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/J2 A
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN 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 4214. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4214.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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