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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70DGG12

1970-03-11 VAN WERT, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2755B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 680FL

Year of manufacture

1965 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2BC18

Registrant of record

BOYCE AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2755B AERO COMDR 680W 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

AERO COMDR 680W · N2755B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

Business

Airport

VAN WERT

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

070° / 8 kt

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001762

Total time

326 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

20,860

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ANICAL BAR,PUT GR HANDLE IN UP POSITION.

Investigator remarks

T/O CHECK LIST BEING CONDUCTED.PLT UNLOCKED MECH

Cause factors

64/A/13 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1156. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1156.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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