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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEG10

1981-04-18 MIAMISBURG, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5491H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1975 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750627

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6FBDE

Registrant of record

SKY HOGS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5491H Cessna 172M 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

CESSNA 172M · N5491H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DAYTON GEN SOUTH

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 14 kt

Temp

63° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017265463

Total time

1,451 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,477

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K TOWARDS ARPT.

Investigator remarks

PLT AVOIDED HANGAR & PARKED ACFT AFT TURNING BAC

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0565. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0565.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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