NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72DET24
Registry · N6557Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ALON A2
Year of manufacture
1965 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19651001
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8A2A9
Registrant of record
LEE JAN
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
ALON A-2 · N6557Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MENTONE
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
250° / 10 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000A-57
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,834
Age
50
Investigator remarks
GUSTING TO 20K.
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY 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 1479.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1479.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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