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CHI72FEV03

1971-07-17 · MACOMB, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STITS SA3A · N74872
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
CLUGSTON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000JJ-2
Total time
441 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
453
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RESPOND.PREV HOT ENG START INDCTD VAPOR LOCK TEND

Investigator remarks

IDLE THROTTLE DNWND-BASE,ADVNCD FINAL,ENG DIDNT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 83/B/D B
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2742. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2742.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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