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CHI73FEM65

1973-06-13 · IONIA, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER KA6CR · N5318
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
IONIA COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
6128/S1/1963
Total time
562 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
111
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T/D ABT 50FT W OF LDG AREA HIT TREE.

Investigator remarks

STANDARD SINGLE WHEEL LANDING GEAR.ACFT BOUNCED

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/62 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
  • 88/B/13 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1736. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1736.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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