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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEK04

1974-09-14 PAULDING, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6039L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AA-5

Year of manufacture

1972 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720807

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7D602

Registrant of record

MILOVICH EDWIN G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6039L AMER AVCO AA5 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

AMER AVCO AA5 · N6039L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

VINCENT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0139

Total time

362 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

150

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LANDED ON GRAVEL ROAD ADJACENT TO PVT STRI

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
83/K/D K
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 2782. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2782.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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