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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEV21

1975-02-07 ST JOSEPH, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7964U Cessna 172F 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 172F · N7964U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

FLESSNER RLA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

190° / 18 kt

Temp

25° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017251964

Total time

1,690 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

68

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SHALLOW DITCH.GUSTS TO 28K.

Investigator remarks

NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY,L X-WIND ACFT VEERED R STRUCK A

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
70/L/CP L
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING

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 0467. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0467.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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