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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67A0023

1966-08-04 MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, 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

NORD-AVION 262A12 · N26207

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Airport

MORGANTOWN

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Temp

77° F

Aircraft history

Total time

540 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,963

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OVRHTG DUE XCESSIVE WATER.METHANOL FLOW&ENG.SURGNG

Investigator remarks

FIRST STGE TURBINE WHEEL FAILED.CABIN PUNCTURED.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/PG C
    POWERPLANT WHEEL TURBINE Cause
  • 88/C/98 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause
  • 88/C/CI C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause
  • 88/C/BV C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FRICTION,EXCESSIVE Cause
  • 88/K/35 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION Joint factor

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 1 0052. Source file NTSB_1966_1_0052.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.