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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FA046

1981-04-12 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 7KCAB · N36334

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

ARETZ

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000387-73

Total time

801 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

614

Age

20

Investigator remarks

CRASHED DRG ROLLING MNVR AFTER TKOF.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/49 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/33 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 0441. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0441.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.