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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FHA03

1975-07-02 COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3AD

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CUB CRAFTERS INC CC19-215

TCDS

A00053SE · CUB CRAFTERS INC

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31AA4

Registrant of record

QUALITAIR LLC TRUSTEE

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

TED SMITH 601P · N3AD

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

PERKIOMEN VALLEY

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000842

Total time

2,125 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,460

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ONCENTRATION,BURNED HOLE IN PISTON.HIT DIRT MOUND.

Investigator remarks

NR 3 CYL COMPRESSION RING FAILED.PERMITED HEAT C

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 2048. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2048.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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