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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEM20

1978-06-10 PLAINWELL, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4850V Bellanca 17-30 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

BELLANCA 17-30 · N4850V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

OTSEGO-PLAINWELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030105

Total time

1,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

132

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S SOUTH WINDS WERE 140 DEGREES AT 12K.

Investigator remarks

PIC CLAIMED WINDS WERE 240 DEGREES AT 8K.20 MILE

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
70/K/CJ K
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint factor
88/K/BQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 1671. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1671.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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