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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70F0197

1969-09-05 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

JEANE TENIE · N8513

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HALSMER

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

200° / 17 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000010

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

23

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND GUSTY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK RWY IN A SHARP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.WI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/02 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/24 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2666. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2666.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.