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CHI74FEC46

1974-05-25 · ADRIAN, Michigan, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHREDER HP-11A · N17612
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
LENAWEE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
290° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000002B
Total time
305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
19
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OVED BY PLT.BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE WORN.

Investigator remarks

STALLED AFTR TOW RELEASE.FORWARD LEAD WEIGHT REM

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/20 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1525. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1525.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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