NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73DEG04
Registry · N481P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206G
Year of manufacture
1977
TCDS
A4CE · CESSNA
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050331
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5ED95
Registrant of record
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
PIPER PA-28 · N481P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000010705
Total time
2,450 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
320
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WAY.
Investigator remarks
HIT HIDDEN DECLEVITY DRG LDG ON GOLF COURSE FAIR
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/E A TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 3101.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3101.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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