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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEE03

1973-07-18 NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N85917

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 11AC

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550911

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABCB62

Registrant of record

AVIATION INVESTMENT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N85917 Aeronca 11AC 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

AERONCA 11AC · N85917

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

CLOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000011AC328

Total time

1,216 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

38

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ELAGE TORE LOOSE & TRAILED OVER EMPENNAGE.

Investigator remarks

1ST FLT SINCE PURCHASE.FABRIC AT FWD EDGE OF FUS

Cause factors

70/C/BD C
AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Cause
88/C/BL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
84/B/G B
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
88/B/77 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 2102. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2102.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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