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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEX06

1980-12-07 KOKOMO, Indiana, United States Serious 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

CESSNA 150H · N6475S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

D

Airport

KOKOMO MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015067275

Total time

3,434 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

582

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERFORATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS.

Investigator remarks

HIT TREES ABT 3-1/2MI FRM RWY DRG 3RD ILS ATMT.P

Cause factors

  • 64/A/02 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/65 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG 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 3681. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.