NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEG20
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
CHEROKEE 2 · N587A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SOARING SOCIETY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
110° / 6 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000ACA-1
Total time
39 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
53
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NDORSEMENT TO FLY SOLO IN THE CHEROKEE 2.
Investigator remarks
PLTS FLT LOG OR CERTIFICATE DID NOT REFLECT AN E
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/62 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1086.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1086.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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