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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71DEC48

1971-05-06 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8993W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Year of manufacture

1969 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-D (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20221106

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC6999

Registrant of record

WAGNER MITCHELL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8993W Piper PA-28 Minor

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

PIPER PA-28 · N8993W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SLOCUM

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-10574

Total time

750 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

529

Age

51

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
82/L/M L
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
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 1504. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1504.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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