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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI65D0023

1965-01-17 FLAT ROCK, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N47625

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630909

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5DA20

Registrant of record

MCCASLIN DALE A TRUSTEE

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

TAYLORCRAFT DC065 · N47625

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

337° / 5 kt

Temp

15° F

Aircraft history

Total time

900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

218

Age

25

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/B A
    TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED 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 0248. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0248.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.