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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76DEM64

1976-09-06 VICKSBURG, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2RC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 560

Year of manufacture

1995

Engine

P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19980511

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18ECB

Registrant of record

RICO MARKETING CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

OSPREY I · N2RC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

INDIAN LAKE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

020° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000051

Total time

6 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

831

Age

38

Investigator remarks

R WING TIP STRUCK WATER.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 88/L/22 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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 2904. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2904.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.