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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X1066

1964-12-20 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4524C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170B

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560106

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57C71

Registrant of record

MCATEER KRISTINA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4524C Cessna 170B 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 170B · N4524C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Airport

BLAIRSTON

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

250° / 4 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Total time

4,900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

10,000

Age

44

Cause factors

88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3655. Source file NTSB_1964_3_3655.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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