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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DA063

1981-04-01 LAREDO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3433P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCAA

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19990610

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3CB42

Registrant of record

BOLGAR MARK S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3433P Douglas DC-3 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

DOUGLAS DC-3 · N3433P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

LAREDO INTL

Kind of flying

CU

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

070° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004346

Total time

28,725 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

16,006

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON GUARD.PLT OF METRO 719 SAW ACFT,FAILED TO YLD.

Investigator remarks

#1 CYL,ENG S/N 19998,SEPARATED.PIC DID NOT TRANS

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/45 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
64/K/20 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint factor
88/K/61 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN Joint factor
68/K/K0 K
PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 0874. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0874.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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