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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FA039

1981-04-13 MANAHAWKIN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9075K Stinson 108-1 None

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

STINSON 108-1 · N9075K

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

MANAHAWKIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-2075

Total time

1,327 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,346

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

1 & 2 CRANKPIN JOURNALS.BEVEL WHERE GND UNDERSIZE.

Investigator remarks

CRANKSHAFT,PN 17576,FAILED AT CRANKCHEEK BTN NR

Cause factors

74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE 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 2889. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2889.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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