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Event CHI74DEP51

1974-05-19 FRANKLIN, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9887H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P

Year of manufacture

1943 · 31 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADCC31

Registrant of record

KENNELLY KEVIN T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9887H Howard DGA15P 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

HOWARD DGA15P · N9887H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

RAINBOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

010° / 9 kt

Temp

49° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000748

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,678

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LATED ABT 6HRS.L WHEEL ENTRD SOFT GND ADJ TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

PLT RCVD BRIEF CK OUT AT TIME OF PURCHASE,ACCUMU

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 1545. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1545.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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