NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI69D0157
Registry · N92904
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
COMMONWEALTH 185
Year of manufacture
1946 · 22 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACE20E
Registrant of record
LEDBETTER TIM A
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
COMMONWLTH 185 · N92904
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
DUPONT-LAPEER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
956 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
650
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FAILED.
Investigator remarks
OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE METAL LEADING EDGE STRIP
Cause factors
- 74/C/FA C POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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
3 2691.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2691.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Comparison of Schedules, Stress, Sleep Problems, Fatigue, Mental Health and Well-being of Low Cost and Network Carrier Pilots
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1996 · Journal article (JAAER)
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a Predictor of Success in a Collegiate Professional Pilot Training Program
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1994 · Journal article (JAAER)
Testing for the Existence of the Pilot Personality Profile in Collegiate Professional Pilot Candidates
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