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CHI75FEM49

1975-06-29 · SOUTH HAVEN, Michigan, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N11FE

Make / Model
GRUMMAN FM-2
Year of manufacture
1945 · 30 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R-1820-66 (1350 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710129
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02A5C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN FM-2 · N11FE
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 10 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005734
Total time
2,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,900
Age
52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LY INTO WATER.

Investigator remarks

PREOCCUPIED WITH CYL HEAD TEMP GAUGE,LET PLANE F

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1971. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1971.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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