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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA69F0104

1968-09-16 W-YELLOWSTNE, Montana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N222V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CUB CRAFTERS INC CCK-2000

Year of manufacture

2024

Engine

LYCOMING YIO-360 EXP (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20241114

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1EA4A

Registrant of record

AIRCRAFT FIDELITY CORP TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N222V Cessna 310B 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

CESSNA 310B · N222V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

YELLOWSTONE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

39° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

748

Age

63

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LT LANDED WHEELS UP INTENTIONALLY.DENSITY ALT 7200

Investigator remarks

RT ENG LOST POWER.SPARK PLUGS NO.6 CYL FOULED. P

Cause factors

74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
88/C/AR C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
82/K/W K
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 3913. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3913.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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