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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80DEP59

1980-09-20 WILMOT, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N89816

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 140

Year of manufacture

1946 · 34 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19920313

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC65A6

Registrant of record

REDMAN RONALD G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N89816 GRUM-AMER AA-1B 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

GRUM-AMER AA-1B · N89816

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WESTOSHA

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000431

Total time

769 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

79

Age

40

Investigator remarks

ACFT PORPOISED

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 2907. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2907.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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