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CHI71AC054

1971-01-17 · BOYNE, Michigan, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH M-35 · N9878R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BOYNE CITY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
300° / 17 kt
Temp
21° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000D6432
Total time
1,395 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
944
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UT AFT CG.676IN.

Investigator remarks

WNG STALL-WARN VANE FROZEN.OVER MAX GWT 200LBS.O

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
  • 75/J/JY J
    SYSTEMS OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/89 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FROZEN, MOISTURE Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0003. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0003.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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