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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70D0350

1969-11-15 DETROIT, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N23549

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 65-C

Year of manufacture

1939 · 30 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A21E19

Registrant of record

REAGIN BRIAN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N23549 Aeronca 65-TC 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

AERONCA 65-TC · N23549

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000C-4949

Total time

2,301 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

229

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PWR PLT-FUEL EXHAUSTION FOR UNK CAUSE.

Cause factors

84/C/J C
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
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 4294. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4294.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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