NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEE49
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
BELLANCA 17-30 · N8777V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
JOLIET
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
200° / 21 kt
Temp
39° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000030181
Total time
382 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
927
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR GR TO FULLY EXTEND.
Investigator remarks
THROTTLE CTL FAILED.P/N 345-001-200. PLT DIDNT A
Cause factors
- 74/C/I0 C POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/39 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
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 0041.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0041.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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