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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78FLG08

1978-02-11 SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N39CH

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108

Year of manufacture

1946 · 32 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A480AA

Registrant of record

TENNAIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N39CH Pitts S1-S 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

PITTS S1-S · N39CH

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 8 kt

Temp

52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000359H

Total time

493 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

9,855

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MENTARY PWR LOSS.

Investigator remarks

PLT PERFORMING INVERTED SNAPROLL CLOSE TO GND MO

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/27 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
64/B/54 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
88/K/14 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 0060. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0060.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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