NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75FNC02
Registry · N975M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VIKING FLYING BOAT CO KITTY HAWK B-8
Year of manufacture
1931 · 43 years old at event
Engine
KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590403
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD974B
Registrant of record
COOLBAUGH ROBERT J
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
VIKING B-8 · N975M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
LACONIA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
345° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000028
Total time
602 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
23,700
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EMERG LDG ON FARM,NOSED OVER.
Investigator remarks
ACFT FLOAT EQUIPPED HAD COMPETE POWER LOSS.MADE
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 83/B/D B TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION
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 2651.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2651.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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