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CHI66F0533

1965-12-18 · CHICAGO, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECHCRAFT K35 · N635Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MIDWAY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 8 kt
Temp
20° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,625 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
142
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HOLE

Investigator remarks

NIGHT OPERATION.PILOT TAXIED OFF TAXIWAY INTO A

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3795. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3795.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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