NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FA097
Registry · N6749H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19551221
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8EE2F
Registrant of record
STOCKS WILLIAM F
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
BEECH A-36TC · N6749H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
CY
Operator type
Business
Airport
SHREVEPORT DWNTWN
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
220° / 8 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000EA-132
Total time
80 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
485
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OR NOT SHUT.
Investigator remarks
AFTR TKOF PLT REPORTED HE WOULD RETURN & LAND,DO
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
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 1174.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1174.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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