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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67F0137

1966-07-26 PEQUOT LAKES, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8527R DOWNER 14-19 None

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

DOWNER 14-19 · N8527R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BREEZY POINT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

120° / 3 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

72 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

13

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RNAL JAM NUT NOT SECURED.

Investigator remarks

POWER COULD NOT BE REDUCED, VERNIER CONTROL INTE

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2932. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2932.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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