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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD70A0034

1969-11-29 APEX, North Carolina, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N42348 Piper J3C Fatal

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

PIPER J3C · N42348

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BECKWITH AIRSTRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000014598

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

55

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HOLE IN MANIFOLD CROSS THREADED.

Investigator remarks

PRIMER LINE MANIFOLD ATTACH FITTING LOOSE.THREAD

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CF C
POWERPLANT PRIMING SYSTEM Cause
74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/BK C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CROSSED Cause
64/C/16 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 4179. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4179.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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