NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEC16
Registry · N111LJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 550
Year of manufacture
1982
Engine
P&W CANADA JT15D-4
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19820324
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A030ED
Registrant of record
SOUREK TRAIL CO INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
GATES LEAR 24 · N111LJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
DETROIT CITY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
51° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000127
Total time
3,570 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,150
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ABOVE GND.
Investigator remarks
RAN OFF EDGE OF RWY.HIT MANHOLE PROTRUDING 4-6IN
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 80/K/BJ K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 3007.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3007.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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