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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEE69

1979-07-22 ROCKFORD, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N65232 BENSON B-8M Minor

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

BENSON B-8M · N65232

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

GREATER ROCKFORD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 11 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000JCA-27

Total time

67 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

130

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

5305E,FAILED BETWEEN PROP HUB & VW ENG CRANKSHAFT.

Investigator remarks

PROP SEP & HIT MAIN ROTOR.GLAND NUT,VW PN 111-10

Cause factors

74/C/FY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
84/B/D B
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 3521. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3521.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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