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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71DQG03

1970-06-18 SLATON, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9529S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION AERONCA 7GCA

Year of manufacture

1965 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650702

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3FB9

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9529S Champion 7GCA Minor

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

CHAMPION 7GCA · N9529S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SLATON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

180° / 13 kt

Temp

94° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000331

Total time

682 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

172

Age

40

Investigator remarks

DENSITY ALT 5500FT.

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
82/K/W K
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint factor

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 2600. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2600.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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