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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74FYG27

1974-03-17 TEKOA, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N97675 Stinson 108-1 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

STINSON 108-1 · N97675

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

WILLARD FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

260° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000108675

Total time

1,383 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,526

Age

26

Investigator remarks

FAULTY MUFFLER RESTRICTED POWER.

Cause factors

68/C/D4 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/G1 C
POWERPLANT MUFFLERS Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 1054. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1054.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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