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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76AC037

1975-11-26 MOLINE, Illinois, United States Fatal 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

AERO COMDR 560E · N699E

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EK

Operator type

D

Airport

QUAD CITY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

050° / 15 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000527

Total time

4,730 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,599

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF ICE & SNOW.BUILDUP PRESENT IN CARB AIR CHAMBER

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 22K.RAM AIR HOSES BLOCKED BY CAKES

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/02 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/CY C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE INDUCTION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 4158. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4158.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.