NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEP35
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
MUSTANG M-1 · N5RK
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
OUTAGAMIE
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
050° / — kt
Temp
28° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000400
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UNDETERMINED REASON DUE IMPACT DMG.
Investigator remarks
INITIAL FLT OF ACFT. SPLIT FLAP CONDITION FOUND,
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED 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 0376.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0376.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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