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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70F0241

1969-10-19 LINCOLN, Nebraska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N39358 Aeronca 65-TAL 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

AERONCA 65-TAL · N39358

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

ARROW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 11 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

L4352TA

Total time

2,424 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

144

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CH ON L MAG,BOTH MAGS ON.NR 2 LEAD L MAG GRNDED.

Investigator remarks

IGNITION SWITCH ON BOTH,L MAG INOP.IGNITION SWIT

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
74/C/BG C
POWERPLANT IGNITION HARNESS,SHIELDING Cause
74/C/BH C
POWERPLANT SWITCHES Cause
88/C/BX C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 4222. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4222.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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