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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76FKW11

1975-09-15 PORTLAND, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2SF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1

Year of manufacture

1952 · 23 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730501

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18EE7

Registrant of record

AIRLEASE INC

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

SIDEWINDER S-9 · N2SF

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000212207

Total time

194 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

300

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N OF ANY PSN COULD BE DTMND.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SEL VALVE CORE DETERIORATED.NO POS SELECTIO

Cause factors

  • 68/C/J6 C
    PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
  • 74/C/CC C
    POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS

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 2733. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2733.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.