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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67A0025

1966-08-11 MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, United States Minor 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 262 · N26212

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

662 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NE ASSY FAILED.PARTS OF ENG PENETRATED MAIN CABIN.

Investigator remarks

L.ENG FLAMED OUT.AFTER RESTART THIRD STAGE TURBI

Cause factors

  • 74/C/PG C
    POWERPLANT WHEEL TURBINE Cause
  • 88/C/CT C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE Cause
  • 64/C/36 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Cause
  • 88/L/49 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
  • 88/L/07 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 0065. Source file NTSB_1966_1_0065.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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