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CHI80DA061

1980-08-01 · LURAY, Indiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N16291

Make / Model
AERONCA C-3
Year of manufacture
1945 · 35 years old at event
Engine
AERONCA E113 SERIES (45 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620122
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0FCC9

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA C-3 · N16291
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000A-668
Total time
826 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,020
Age
56

Cause factors

  • 64/A/64 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/65 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1072. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1072.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.