NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI83LA431
Registry · N2312
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO AGC-8
Year of manufacture
1938 · 45 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS L6 (330 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560712
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A20ED5
Registrant of record
QUALITAIR LLC TRUSTEE
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY X-WINDS ON FINAL APCH. ACCORDING TO HIM, A QUARTERING TAIL WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHICH PUSHED THE ACFT ON ITS NOSE. THE ACFT SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE UNTIL IT CONTACTED SOD AT THE EDGE OF THE RWY, THEN NOSED OVER. HE REPORTED ONLY FLYING 2.75 HRS DURING THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1983_CHI83LA431.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
Beyond the agency record
Search this event elsewhere.
Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.
Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.
Official agency record + docket.
Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.
Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).
Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.
Gold-standard aviation incident blog.
Aviation industry news search.
GA pilot forum — informed but rumor-prone.
GA pilot subreddit search.
Tail-number page — flight history (free tier limited).
AOPA Air Safety Institute search.
Mainstream press coverage. Recent events only.
Privacy-preserving news search.
External links open in a new tab. We don't ingest their content; we deep-link search queries.