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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEM18

1981-05-31 LOWELL, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2836C Cessna 170B 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 170B · N2836C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

LOWELL CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 4 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000026379

Total time

3,029 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

155

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CONNECTORS.TAIL WHL WOULD STEER TO LEFT ONLY.

Investigator remarks

INADEQUATE TENSION ON TAIL WHL STEERING SPRINGS/

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
70/K/CD K
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Joint factor
88/K/BQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY 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 0947. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0947.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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