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MIA67F0261

1966-09-10 · ST-STEPHENS, South Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA 65-LB · N33701
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
ST.STEPHENS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 10 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Total time
2,079 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
415
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ETO.

Investigator remarks

DIRTY BURNED POINTS AND WEAK SPARK IN RIGHT MAGN

Cause factors

  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 74/C/BA C
    POWERPLANT MAGNETOS 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 3423. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3423.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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