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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X1236

1965-01-06 TULARE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N382C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

UNIVERSAL STINSON 108-2

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620629

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A462EA

Registrant of record

SMITH SHAWN B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N382C Stinson 108-2 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

STINSON 108-2 · N382C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

TULARE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,064 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

48

Age

42

Investigator remarks

WATER IN FUEL STORAGE TANK

Cause factors

88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
68/C/H0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES Cause

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 0022. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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