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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEX15

1981-06-07 KOKOMO, Indiana, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1307

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 95-B55

Year of manufacture

1969 · 12 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19931108

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A07E7E

Registrant of record

BRIAN MICHAEL L

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

SMITH MINI DSA-1 · N1307

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D8

Operator type

D

Airport

GLENNDALE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

150° / 2 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000067-55

Total time

102 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

4,130

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PARKED C-150,N10739,SUB DMG.

Investigator remarks

ATMPTD STEEP 180DEG TURN AFT TKOF,LOST ALT,COL W

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 1512. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1512.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.