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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FPD02

1980-11-08 HURST, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6754K Republic RC-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

REPUBLIC RC-3 · N6754K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MANGHAM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

170° / 10 kt

Temp

89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001042

Total time

872 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

18,150

Age

61

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.WITNESS RPRTD ENG RUNNING ROUGH BFR TKOF.

Investigator remarks

WATER DROPS IN MAGNETO,DISTRIBUTER POINTS BURNED

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
74/C/BB C
POWERPLANT DISTRIBUTOR Cause
88/C/55 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
88/C/BF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURNED Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 2960. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2960.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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