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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DRD36

1981-08-01 PLAQUEMINE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55670

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1941 · 40 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19841208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7191B

Registrant of record

STEARMAN AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55670 Boeing A75-N1 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

BOEING A75-N1 · N55670

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DN

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-2378

Total time

6,174 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,274

Age

34

Investigator remarks

R SPRAY BOOM HIT EDGE OF DITCH DRG LNDG ON ROAD.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 1971. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1971.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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