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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81FGM20

1981-06-07 GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8496T Bensen B8M Minor

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

BENSEN B8M · N8496T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

GREENVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

17 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

311

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SPARK PLUG OVRHEATED.OTR COWLING RCMDD FOR COOLING

Investigator remarks

MCCULLOUCH 4318AX ENG,NO 4 PISTON GALLED TO CYL,

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/CI C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 2022. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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