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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76AI001

1975-07-05 PIKEVILLE, Kentucky, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N52354 Aeronca 058B 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

AERONCA 058B · N52354

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

PIKEVILLE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000005888513

Total time

1,491 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,216

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

1 1/2 IN.NR 4 IGN LEAD CHAFFED,ARCD ON CYL.

Investigator remarks

PRIMER LOCKING PIN WORN PRIMER UNLOCKED,OUT ABT

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/BF C
POWERPLANT HIGH TENSION WIRING Cause
74/C/CF C
POWERPLANT PRIMING SYSTEM Cause
66/B/16 B
DUAL STUDENT
64/B/30 B
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT

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 2100. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2100.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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