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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEM65

1973-06-13 IONIA, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5318 Schleicher KA6CR 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

SCHLEICHER KA6CR · N5318

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

IONIA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

6128/S1/1963

Total time

562 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

111

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T/D ABT 50FT W OF LDG AREA HIT TREE.

Investigator remarks

STANDARD SINGLE WHEEL LANDING GEAR.ACFT BOUNCED

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/B/13 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 1736. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1736.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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