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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI83LA057

1982-12-11 KALAMAZOO, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N256B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

COLONIAL C-1

Year of manufacture

1957 · 25 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570308

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A26DE1

Registrant of record

SLAYTON MICHAEL B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PILOT LOST OIL PRESSURE AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. OIL LEAK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DROP IN QUANTITY AND PRESSURE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_CHI83LA057.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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