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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66D0373

1965-12-15 MECHANICSVILLE, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3707C Stinson L-5E 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

STINSON L-5E · N3707C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

WHARTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 4 kt

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Total time

5,713 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,290

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EA THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY DISCED.PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.

Investigator remarks

LANDING WAS MADE ON NORMALLY SUITABLE OVERRUN AR

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN 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 3452. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3452.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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