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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67F0175

1966-08-11 MT.HOPE, Wisconsin, United States Serious 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 1419-3 · N8512R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

TORCHPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

170 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

700

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R MAKING LOW PASS.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LANDED ON PRIVATE UNATTENDED AIRSTRIP AFTE

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
80/J/BL J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY Joint 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 2445. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2445.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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