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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67A0012

1966-07-24 MUNSTER, Indiana, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N538B Beech H50 Fatal

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

BEECH H50 · N538B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

E

Airport

CHICAGO-HAMMOND

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

83° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,682 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,000

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROACH.CAME TO REST IN SHALLOW POND ON GOLF COURSE.

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT STALLED DURING EMERGENCY SINGLE/ENG APP

Cause factors

88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2 0677. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0677.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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