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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEP23

1979-01-15 WISCONSIN RPDS, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N160MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ESTUMKEDA LTD DBA MICCO ACFT MAC-145B

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0F2C2

Registrant of record

WELLS SCOTT A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N160MA Swearingen SA-226 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

SWEARINGEN SA-226 · N160MA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

ALEXANDRIA FIELD

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

190° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000TC-234

Total time

3,404 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,883

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SNOW PLOW OPERATION.

Investigator remarks

25 OF 40 RWY LIGHTS NOT OPERATING OR MISSING DUE

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
80/L/A3 L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING
80/K/BC K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint factor
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 0052. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0052.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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