NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI62A0012
Registry · N381
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
S.O.C.A.T.A. RALLYE 150 ST
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790221
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A45F00
Registrant of record
CROWE JORDAN
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
DOUGLAS DC-7BF · N381
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Airport
DETROIT METRO
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
179° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000044921
Total time
17,170 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
15,050
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LINK TUBE FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Investigator remarks
R NOSE GR BULKHEAD FITTING OF NOSE GR RETRACTING
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED 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
1 0006.
Source file
NTSB_1962_1_0006.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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