NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67A0617
Registry · N10319
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH D-45
Year of manufacture
1957 · 10 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19970604
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A01276
Registrant of record
BATTLE CREEK AERO CLUB INC
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
BEECH D45 · N10319
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
H
Kind of flying
DE
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
4,338 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,446
Age
46
Investigator remarks
PLT WAS INVESTIGATING OVERTURNED BOAT ON LAKE.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1269.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1269.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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