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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC69F0264

1968-10-12 FAITH, South Dakota, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 310 · N5347A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,000

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TAIN SINGLE ENG SPEED.LEFT ENG IMPROPERLY TIMED.

Investigator remarks

PUSH ROD,RT ENG,FAILED.FEATH PROP.UNABLE TO MAIN

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AF C
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 74/C/BA C
    POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
  • 88/C/98 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 88/L/48 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 3704. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3704.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.