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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70D0088

1969-06-28 AITKIN, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1417H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 15AC

Year of manufacture

1949 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560710

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0A9BC

Registrant of record

HOAG MICHAEL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1417H Aeronca S15AC 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

AERONCA S15AC · N1417H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,409 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,747

Age

72

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AD DEPOSITS OF RUST AND DIRT,LINT IN SCREEN.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED. CARBURETOR AND GASCOLATOR BOWL H

Cause factors

68/C/D3 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS 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 2239. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2239.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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