NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76AC055
Registry · N1EM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MUEHLBERG STEPHEN E AVENGER
Year of manufacture
2008
Engine
JABIRU 2200A (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20240905
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00072
Registrant of record
MUEHLBERG STEPHEN E
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
LOCKHEED GA 1329 · N1EM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Business
Airport
MIDWAY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
170° / 12 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005077
Total time
5,566 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
12,250
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HAS 1200 LB LESS THRUST THAN DASH 8.
Investigator remarks
PIC FLEW DASH 8 JETSTAR NEVER FLEW DASH 6 WHICH
Cause factors
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint cause
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 1758.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1758.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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