NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X3549
Registry · N81971
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERONCA 7AC
Year of manufacture
1946 · 18 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560716
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB2E32
Registrant of record
HOLMGREN DAVID J
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
AERONCA 7AC · N81971
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,836 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,109
Age
36
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE 08/22/64
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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
2 0866.
Source file
NTSB_1964_2_0866.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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