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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72FEI40

1972-04-30 MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5667

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DORNIER DO 27 B1

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A74081

Registrant of record

TENNESSEE MUSEUM OF AVIATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5667 Bensen B8 Fatal

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

BENSEN B8 · N5667

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

D

Airport

GEAUGA COUNTY

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

090° / 5 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

24 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

76

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACFT HAD VW ENG.

Investigator remarks

PLT HAD NO FLT TIME RECORDED SINCE NOV 26,1971.

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 0170. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0170.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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