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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI66D0330

1965-09-12 WADSWORTH, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N31408

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

POWRACHUTE AIRWOLF

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

ROTAX 912S (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070927

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A35826

Registrant of record

ADAMS JOHN P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N31408 Aeronca 65-TAL 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

AERONCA 65-TAL · N31408

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WADSWORTH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

040° / 20 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,761 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

393

Age

36

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
64/J/02 J
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint 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 2786. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2786.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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