NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79DEP31
Registry · N72562
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 140
Year of manufacture
1946 · 33 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550730
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9B964
Registrant of record
PLANES & PARTS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
GRUMMAN AA1-A · N72562
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
WAUSAU MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA1A-0456
Total time
2,672 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
376
Age
26
Investigator remarks
ACFT PORPOISED.
Cause factors
- 66/C/25 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/B/62 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
- 88/L/91 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
- 80/K/BC K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY 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 0487.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0487.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
Beyond the agency record
Search this event elsewhere.
Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.
Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.
Official agency record + docket.
Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.
Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).
Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.
Gold-standard aviation incident blog.
Aviation industry news search.
GA pilot forum — informed but rumor-prone.
GA pilot subreddit search.
Tail-number page — flight history (free tier limited).
AOPA Air Safety Institute search.
Mainstream press coverage. Recent events only.
Privacy-preserving news search.
External links open in a new tab. We don't ingest their content; we deep-link search queries.