NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI70AC068
Registry · N83241
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERONCA 7AC
Year of manufacture
1946 · 24 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19551231
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB62C6
Registrant of record
KAY MICHAEL 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
AERONCA 7AC · N83241
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
WHITESBURG
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00007AC-1903
Total time
2,139 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
151
Age
52
Investigator remarks
PAX LEG PREVENTED PROPER PITCH CTL.
Cause factors
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/77 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 1227.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1227.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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