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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC68F0570

1968-05-04 WINSTED, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1075Z Bensen B-8 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

BENSEN B-8 · N1075Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

WINSTED

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

35 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

35

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN PTS.LANDED IN PLOWED AREA.

Investigator remarks

PLT INCORRECTLY INSTALLED LUBRICATION FELT WHICH

Cause factors

74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
68/C/D1 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 1195. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1195.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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