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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3851

1964-09-07 VALPARAISO, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 14132 · N74388

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PORTER COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

814

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LDG GR-WARNING SYS MICROSWITCH LOOSE.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/07 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/J A
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2814. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2814.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.