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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI68F0498

1967-12-29 PLYMOUTH, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N235M AERO COMDR 200-D 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

AERO COMDR 200-D · N235M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

METTETAL

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

15° F

Aircraft history

Total time

630 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

550

Age

37

Investigator remarks

ICY SPOTS ON RNWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON 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 4484. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4484.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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