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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHIMJAC070

1974-02-13 KOKOMO, Indiana, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 337C · N2622S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

KOKOMO MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

020° / 18 kt

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000337-0922

Total time

1,293 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

708

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RANSPONDER CODES.

Investigator remarks

DISTRACTED FM OPERATION OF ACFT WHILE CHANGING T

Cause factors

  • 64/A/66 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/08 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG 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 3 0384. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0384.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.