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MIA66F0513

1966-04-17 · HOPE MILLS, North Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA C-3 · N15742
Damage
Substantial
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
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Total time
805 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,000
Age
41

Cause factors

  • 74/C/BC C
    POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
  • 88/C/AR C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0683. Source file NTSB_1966_3_0683.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.