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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3210

1964-08-04 CRESSON, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N74392

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 14-13-2

Year of manufacture

1947 · 17 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA015D

Registrant of record

GOODMAN WILLIAM R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N74392 Bellanca 14132 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

BELLANCA 14132 · N74392

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

CRESSON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

929 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

B2 (B2)

Total hours

15,000

Age

377

Investigator remarks

LEFT GEAR DRIVE CHAIN CAME OFF SPROCKET.

Cause factors

70/A/CN A
AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/47 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D1 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D5 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) 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 2343. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2343.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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