NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI71FBJ12
Registry · N1145H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STEWART HEADWIND HOMEBREWERS SPECIAL
Year of manufacture
1970 · 0 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720713
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03E1E
Registrant of record
FRITZ RONALD C
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
HOMEBREWERS SPL · N1145H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
PLAINWELL
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000145-1
Total time
31 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
603
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ND FLOWN BY MORE THAN ONE PLT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT HAD A RIGID MLG. WAS OWNED BY EAA CHAPTER,A
Cause factors
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN 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 3178.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_3178.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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