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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA67F0261

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

Aircraft involved

N33701 Aeronca 65-LB 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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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