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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75AN099

1975-04-16 LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8323 RAND KR-1 Serious

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

RAND KR-1 · N8323

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

FITCHBURG

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000699

Total time

2 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,500

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO RWY.FUEL TANK VENT BLOCKED.

Investigator remarks

LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF.STALLED AND SPUN-IN DURING

Cause factors

74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/K/31 K
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 3 0599. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0599.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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