NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73AC032
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
BEECH 23 · N2348L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
KENOSHA
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000M-225
Total time
967 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,005
Age
40
Investigator remarks
R WG SEPARATED IN FLT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint 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 1519.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1519.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Industry report (AQRR)
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