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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK68D0263

1967-12-10 SANTA CRUZ, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9403K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 108-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 20 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560609

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD0FF3

Registrant of record

CHISM TAYLOR A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9403K Stinson 108-2 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 108-2 · N9403K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SANTA CRUZ

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 2 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,371 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

70

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SPRING.STRUCK PIPER N7551Y IN INTENTL.GROUNDLOOP.

Investigator remarks

ACFT UNCONTROLABLE DUE TO VIBRATION FROM MISSING

Cause factors

70/C/CD C
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/CV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION

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 4649. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4649.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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