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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI66F0063

1965-05-28 MUSKEGON, Michigan, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N87537

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

REPUBLIC RC-3

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A8 SERIES (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560829

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC0BCA

Registrant of record

FREY JERALD PAUL

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

MOONEY M20C · N5651Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

COMBS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

90 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Age

49

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT CHAMPION N9796E SUBSTANTIAL

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1940. Source file NTSB_1965_3_1940.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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