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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FRJ22

1980-05-31 CHENEYVILLE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5516X AERO-COMDR S-2R 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

AERO-COMDR S-2R · N5516X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

13,550

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N OFF PSN.

Investigator remarks

MIX OF AVGAS & AUTOMOTIVE FUEL.CARB HEAT WIRED I

Cause factors

68/C/D8 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
88/C/37 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER Cause
75/L/DE L
SYSTEMS CARBURETOR DE-ICING SYSTEM
88/L/29 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED
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 0732. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0732.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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