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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67D0479

1967-02-27 OSCEOLA, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5189T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7ECA

Year of manufacture

1967 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A682CC

Registrant of record

ZERCK JOSEPH W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5189T Champion 7GCBC None

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 7GCBC · N5189T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

OSCEOLA

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 26 kt

Temp

31° F

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

415

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

USTING TO 26 KNOTS.

Investigator remarks

RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 40 DEGREES 20 KNOTS G

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0637. Source file NTSB_1967_3_0637.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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