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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67D0188

1966-09-16 DUNCAN FALLS, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9942Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCB

Year of manufacture

1962 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620921

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADE434

Registrant of record

HARDY JOHN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9942Y Aeronca 7GCB 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 7GCB · N9942Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

H

Airport

BLUE ROCK PARK

Kind of flying

CD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 5 kt

Temp

54° F

Aircraft history

Total time

863 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

500

Age

38

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2547. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2547.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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