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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEP06

1980-12-30 KENOSHA, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5397X Cessna U206G 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 U206G · N5397X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

KENOSHA MUNI

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

180° / 11 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U20605713

Total time

196 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,882

Age

26

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BB J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Joint cause
80/J/BD J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 3341. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3341.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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