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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73DCJ21

1972-11-03 OGALLALA, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1631G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7KCAB

Year of manufacture

1968 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0FF55

Registrant of record

SWIGER CALE W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1631G Champion 7KCAB 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 7KCAB · N1631G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SEARLE FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000127

Total time

1,155 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

199

Age

45

Investigator remarks

PILOTS HEEL SLIPPED OFF THE HEEL OPERATED BRAKE

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2953. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2953.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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