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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEG06

1977-01-07 WEST UNION, Ohio, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4448C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 195A

Year of manufacture

1953 · 24 years old at event

Engine

JACOBS R755B SERIES (275 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20040317

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A55CEC

Registrant of record

SNIDER GARY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4448C Cessna 195A 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

CESSNA 195A · N4448C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

SOLAMON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000016033

Total time

2,175 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

133

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LT DETECTED L WG TIP FLUTTERING AFTR TKOF.

Investigator remarks

PLT/OWNER MADE UNWARRANTED REPAIRS TO L WG TIP.P

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
68/C/D1 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
70/C/AG C
AIRFRAME WINGTIPS Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 0083. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0083.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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