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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X4146

1964-09-25 CLARKSVILLE, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N75202

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-151

Year of manufacture

1976

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760506

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA23EA

Registrant of record

PLANE NONSENSE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N75202 BEECHCRAFT C18S 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

BEECHCRAFT C18S · N75202

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

TRISSELL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,740 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,500

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TLE WHILE STARTING ENGINE.

Investigator remarks

BACKFIRE THROUGH CARBURETOR DUE TO PUMPING THROT

Cause factors

64/A/36 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/34 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP 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 3023. Source file NTSB_1964_3_3023.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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