NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71AN042
Registry · N50482
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CLARK RAND KR-2
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19890203
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A64C57
Registrant of record
BARRETT THOMAS M
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
FAIRCHILD PT-19B · N50482
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
TURCOTTE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000T-43-5744
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
250
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S INSTALLED.L MAG PTS PITTED.RUST PARTICLES,CARB.
Investigator remarks
L IGNITION HARNESS DEFECTIVE.IMPROPER SPARK PLUG
Cause factors
- 74/C/BA C POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
- 74/C/BC C POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
- 74/C/BG C POWERPLANT IGNITION HARNESS,SHIELDING Cause
- 88/C/64 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 1656.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1656.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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