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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72FEK16

1972-06-08 DEFIANCE, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6894G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER AEROSTAR 600

Year of manufacture

1981

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19810519

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A92791

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AVIATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6894G Cessna 150L 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

CESSNA 150L · N6894G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DEFIANCE

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072394

Total time

968 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

25

Investigator remarks

MISREAD WIND INDICATOR.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 2001. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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