NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FEX28
Registry · N469RH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING A75N1(PT17)
Year of manufacture
1941 · 38 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760429
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5BC89
Registrant of record
SHAUGHNESSY THOMAS E
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
BOEING A75N1 · N469RH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
INDIANAPOLIS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-2252
Total time
3,787 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,115
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ALTITUDE ROLL.
Investigator remarks
AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT START OF SECOND LOW
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
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 1257.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1257.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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