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UNK64X1821

1964-05-18 · FAIRFIELD, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELLANCA 1413 · N74403
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
CALDWELL
Kind of flying
B0

Aircraft history

Total time
514 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
B2 (B2)
Total hours
2,000
Age
366

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PWR PLT- CARBURETOR FLOAT VALVE STUCK.

Cause factors

  • 84/A/J A
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/B/13 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1317. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1317.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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