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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEK09

1975-12-05 SIDNEY, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N92311

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182N

Year of manufacture

1969 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACCBE4

Registrant of record

DELORENZO THOMAS H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N92311 AMER AVCO AA1-A 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

AMER AVCO AA1-A · N92311

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SIDNEY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1A-0131

Total time

605 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

0 FT FM RWY EDGE.WIND VARIABLE 180-220 DEG 10K.

Investigator remarks

DRG LNDG FLARE ACFT DRIFTED L STRUCK FENCE ABT 5

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/82 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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 3890. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3890.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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