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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71FDD01

1970-07-12 BEMIDJI, Minnesota, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9227T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1985

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540F1 SERIE (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19850917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACC8F7

Registrant of record

GPA AVIATION CLUB INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9227T Cessna 180C 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

CESSNA 180C · N9227T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

190° / 12 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000050727

Total time

4,077 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

742

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D.

Investigator remarks

WATER IN CARB BOWL AND GASCOLATOR. FLOAT EQUIPPE

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL 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 1250. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1250.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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