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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67F0315

1966-09-29 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N144Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WACO RNF

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670-6A (220 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20090107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0B3B2

Registrant of record

OLD STYLE AIRCRAFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N144Y Waco RNF 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

WACO RNF · N144Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

LOBMASTER

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,862 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,700

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OSITION.AIRCRAFT STALLED IN LEFT TURN.

Investigator remarks

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH FUEL SELECTOR VALVE IN OFF P

Cause factors

88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/32 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/J/03 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint 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 3787. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3787.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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