NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FEE43
Registry · N54532
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH D95A
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6ED5B
Registrant of record
QUALITAIR LLC TRUSTEE
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
DOUGLAS SBD-5 · N54532
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
150° / 3 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000054532
Total time
2,169 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,200
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N POS W/O DISENGAGING LATCH PIN.
Investigator remarks
L/G SEL VALVE LEVER COULD BE SELECTED OUT OF DOW
Cause factors
- 68/A/D0 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1923.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1923.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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