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CHI74FEM16

1973-08-11 · CHARLEVOIX, Michigan, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N19467

Make / Model
BEECH E17L
Year of manufacture
1938 · 35 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS L4 /R755-7 (245 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19570404
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A17A51

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E17L · N19467
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Business
Airport
CHARLEVOIX
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000231
Total time
699 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
281
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FF MOMENTARILY BFR R WING DROPPED-CARTWHEELED.

Investigator remarks

DRG TKOF ROLL ACFT STARTED TURNING R IT LIFTED O

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/B/24 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2116. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2116.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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