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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67F0570

1967-03-08 SOLSBERRY, Indiana, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5636D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-5-235C

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791203

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7353D

Registrant of record

SORENSEN R L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5636D Beech D50A Serious

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 D50A · N5636D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

030° / 11 kt

Temp

27° F

Aircraft history

Total time

4,266 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,975

Age

62

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DOWN, FLAPS SET 20 DEGREES.

Investigator remarks

PLT CONTINUED SINGLE ENG APPROACH WITH LNDG GEAR

Cause factors

74/A/KA A
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor
82/K/A K
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
82/K/D K
WEATHER SNOW Joint factor

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 0434. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0434.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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