NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67A0117
Registry · N600R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SMITH AEROSTAR 600
Year of manufacture
1969
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19690620
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7C8B6
Registrant of record
SAVANNA LAKES LLC
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
N.AMERICAN NA-260 · N600R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
O HARE INTL
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
180° / 18 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,707 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
25,500
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AIN LNDG GR WARNG LITE GAVE FALSE SAFE GR INDICATN
Investigator remarks
RT MAIN LNDG GR DOWNLOCK NOT FULLY EXTENDED.RT M
Cause factors
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CN A AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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
2 0436.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0436.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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