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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X1185

1964-04-05 BELLAIRE, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N58180

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD 24W-41A

Year of manufacture

1944 · 20 years old at event

Engine

WARNER SS165 SERIES (175 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A77D28

Registrant of record

EASY AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N58180 Fairchild 24W 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

FAIRCHILD 24W · N58180

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ANTRIM COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Pilot

Certificate

C3 (C3)

Total hours

19,800

Age

633

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTY TO 30 KNOTS

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0828. Source file NTSB_1964_3_0828.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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