NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74AC015
Registry · N5163V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172RG
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19841105
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67A8E
Registrant of record
KOPACZ THOMAS
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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