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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70D0132

1969-10-04 VERNONIA, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1042D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Year of manufacture

2016

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-B1E (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20160909

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01632

Registrant of record

CARSON ROGER K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1042D Cessna 195A 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

CESSNA 195A · N1042D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A0

Operator type

D

Airport

BENSON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000007654

Total time

3,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

882

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DID NOT START.

Investigator remarks

ENG BACKFIRED DRG START,CARB FIRE DEVELOPED,ENG

Cause factors

64/A/36 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4127. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4127.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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