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CHI67D0078

1966-06-30 · RICHMOND, Indiana, United States · None · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NAVION L-17A · N4492K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
EAST RICHMOND
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
498 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,500
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACFT STRUCK MOONEY M20C N9341M,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

Investigator remarks

PLT OPENED THROTTLE INADVERTENTLY WHILE PARKING.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1732. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1732.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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