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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67D0536

1967-02-21 ROOSEVELT, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4516E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7DC

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57902

Registrant of record

HENDERSON BEVERLY A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4516E Champion 7DC 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 7DC · N4516E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,691 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

71

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WITH LOOSE SNOW.

Investigator remarks

DUE TO CARB.ICE PLT.LANDED IN FARM FIELD COVERED

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/B J
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED 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 0552. Source file NTSB_1967_3_0552.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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