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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69F0220

1968-08-31 MECOSTA, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6939B Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N6939B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MECOSTA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

2,897 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

70

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OUGH,SOFT SPOTS,OF MINIMAL LENGTH FOR PA-22 ACFT.

Investigator remarks

FLD LISTED FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY.RNWY UPSLOPE,R

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3028. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3028.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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