NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI69F0350
Registry · N5167K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RYAN NAVION D
Year of manufacture
1950 · 18 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19681106
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67B10
Registrant of record
MULHALL TIMOTHY PATRICK
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
NAVION D · N5167K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
PRESQUE ISLE
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
2,891 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,585
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ITCH.
Investigator remarks
LANDED ON LAST THIRD OF RNWY. STRUCK CABLE AND D
Cause factors
- 66/C/46 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 80/L/BA L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET 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 3771.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3771.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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