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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FER01

1977-10-30 OSCEOLA, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N273C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420

Year of manufacture

2018

TCDS

A00018AT · HONDA AIRCRAFT COMPANY LLC

Engine

GE HONDA HF-120

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20180628

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2B1D3

Registrant of record

MAROON & GOLD LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N273C Beech D18S 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

BEECH D18S · N273C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

STEFFAN FARM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000A-27

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Age

64

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DATE PRESUMED.

Investigator remarks

UNABLE TO LOCATE PILOT. DAMAGE, INJURY INDEX,AND

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 3992. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3992.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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