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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD70FIG18

1970-06-11 CUMBERLAND, Maryland, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N46113 Taylorcraft DCO-65 Minor

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

TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 · N46113

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MEXICO FARMS

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 6 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000L-5800

Total time

2,706 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

252

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HEAT AND STALLED ACFT AT SAME TIME.ENG CKD OK.

Investigator remarks

PLT SAID THAT WHEN ENG LOST PWR HE APPLIED CARB

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2524. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2524.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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