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CHI74AC015

1973-08-19 · DEMOTTE, Indiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N5163V has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 172RG, built 1980), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STINSON L-5E · N5163V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000042-14945

Pilot

Certificate
IA (IA)
Age
51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEVEL 0.235 PCT.

Investigator remarks

STEEP PULL UP TO AVOID TREES. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/52 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/65 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/67 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/J/7 J
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2836. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2836.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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