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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81IA025

1981-02-13 INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, United States Unknown 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N325BA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ICON AIRCRAFT INC A5

Year of manufacture

2022

Engine

ROTAX 912 IS (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20221214

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A380FD

Registrant of record

HOXIE SCOTT W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N325BA Swearingen SA226 Unknown

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

SWEARINGEN SA226 · N325BA

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

INDIANAPOLIS INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

130° / 7 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000TC301

Total time

3,563 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

19,375

Age

51

Investigator remarks

GEAR FAILED TO EXTD FOR UNKN RSN.

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/CY J
AIRFRAME OTHER 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 5 0016. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0016.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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