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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72FEA39

1972-04-22 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N47368 Ryan ST-3KR 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

RYAN ST-3KR · N47368

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ARETZ

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

250° / 17 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001667

Total time

3,293 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

165

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HIGHER THAN NML STALL SPEED.STALLED DURG LDG FLARE

Investigator remarks

EXCESSIVE WING WASHOUT AND AILERON DROOP CAUSED

Cause factors

64/C/16 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
70/C/AY C
AIRFRAME OTHER Cause
70/C/D2 C
AIRFRAME AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT 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 1576. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1576.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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