NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80FA056
Registry · N31LP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO ASH 31 MI
Year of manufacture
2015
Engine
AUSTRO IAE 50R-AA (56 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20210903
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A34580
Registrant of record
JOHNSON JOHN C
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 421C · N31LP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Business
Airport
CRYSTAL LAKE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
39° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000421C0046
Total time
1,267 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
28,260
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
O-ARND.FOG ON RWY SURFACE.RWY LGTS ON,VASI INOP.
Investigator remarks
PLT CNLD IFR PLN BFR ACDNT.COLLIDED W WIRE DRG G
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0432.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0432.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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