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CHI72FEG27

1972-02-08 · PHILLIPSBURG, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N3028G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162, built 2011), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FORNEY F-1A · N3028G
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
MYERS
Kind of flying
A1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005723
Total time
2,276 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
6
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D BRAKES. HIT PARKED C-150 N60762,SUBSTL DMG.

Investigator remarks

PLT UNFAMILIAR WITH VERNIER THROTTLE CTL. MISUSE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/22 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/C1 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT 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 0564. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0564.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.