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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74DKJ30

1974-04-07 DOTHAN, Alabama, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N925D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 27 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACD108

Registrant of record

MARRI LUCAS A

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

STINSON 108 · N925D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WHEELESS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-2925

Total time

1,310 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

157

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AGE DITCH.11HRS RCRDD LAST 24HR PERIOD.

Investigator remarks

WND GUSTING 30K.ACFT VEERED OFF RWY STRUCK DRAIN

Cause factors

  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 70/L/CF L
    AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES
  • 88/L/95 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
  • 88/K/62 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint factor

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 1304. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1304.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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