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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76DEV14

1975-09-27 GRAFTON, Illinois, United States None 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

AERONCA 7ECA · N96635

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SURGEON RLA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000413

Total time

1,740 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

9,800

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D THROTTLE.

Investigator remarks

POWER APCH, HIGH FLARE, STUDENT SUDDENLY RETARDE

Cause factors

  • 66/A/25 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 66/A/21 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3589. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3589.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.