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CHI71FEA35

1971-04-27 · GREENCASTLE, Indiana, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N9963Y has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA T210N, built 1982), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 402 · N9963Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GREENCASTLE
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 11 kt
Temp
49° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000040217
Total time
294 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
454
Age
22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

W RD ACROSS DITCH AT RWY END.LDG GR WIDER THAN RD.

Investigator remarks

BRAKE FLUID LO.11K DWNWND TAXI.TURNED ONTO NARRO

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CJ C
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
  • 88/C/CL C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 84/C/7 C
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
  • 88/L/AQ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0480. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0480.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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