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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEP42

1975-03-05 KENOSHA, Wisconsin, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 337A · N5358S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000337-0458

Total time

974 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

365

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LE BEING VECTORED TO KENOSHA ARPT.

Investigator remarks

FRONT ENG FAILED NEAR RACINE.REAR ENG FAILED WHI

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 88/K/48 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Joint factor
  • 88/B/DG B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 0764. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0764.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.