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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEE19

1973-09-16 DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2JF Cessna 320E 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

CESSNA 320E · N2JF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BROOKERIDGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

360° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000320E006

Total time

1,227 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

19,025

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROKE OFF DWN LOCK AND ACTUATOR ARM.

Investigator remarks

R LDG GR STRUCK DOG ON RWY.R GR OLEO BENT BACK,B

Cause factors

84/A/3 A
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2665. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2665.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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