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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72DEK19

1972-06-27 LONDON, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N61668

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720602

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A80853

Registrant of record

GUDGE MICHAEL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N61668 Boeing PT-17 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

BOEING PT-17 · N61668

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MADISON COUNTY

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-1719

Total time

2,913 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

10,000

Age

49

Investigator remarks

DAMAGE TO WING TIP AND SPAR

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2189. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2189.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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