NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81IA021
Registry · N312BA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR20
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A34E59
Registrant of record
AIRCRAFT PARTNER HOLDINGS INC TRUSTEE
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
BEECH 99 · N312BA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
CHICAGO O'HARE
Kind of flying
CL
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
240° / 12 kt
Temp
29° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000U-13
Total time
23,822 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,082
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EXTEND L GR.
Investigator remarks
WHEEL FRACTURED AT SCRIBE MARK AT VALVE STEM.UN
Cause factors
- 68/A/D4 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CF A AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/55 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED 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
5 0033.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0033.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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