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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEI29

1976-04-18 GALION, Ohio, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N170V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170B

Year of manufacture

1952 · 24 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20191111

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A11B08

Registrant of record

POCOCK MILNE DAVID

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N170V Beech E50 Serious

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

BEECH E50 · N170V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

GALION MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 13 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000EH-34

Total time

5,724 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PER CENT PER MG. PRACTICE R ENG FEATHER,L ENG QUIT

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL .1

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/34 C
PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATED CARELESSLY Cause
64/C/65 C
PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause
88/C/67 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause
70/L/CL L
AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS
88/L/CG L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OPEN
74/L/FD L
POWERPLANT HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM

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 1412. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1412.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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