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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67F0051

1966-06-25 ADRIAN, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3823A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36TC

Year of manufacture

1981

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19890912

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4657A

Registrant of record

ANDY DOWNS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3823A Schweizer SGS126 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

SCHWEIZER SGS126 · N3823A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ADRIAN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 15 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Total time

314 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

259

Age

41

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 1613. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1613.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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