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CHI76FEA14

1975-10-18 · TENNYSON, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1086B has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44 II, built 2024), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M20A · N1086B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
225° / 15 kt
Temp
45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001312
Total time
1,342 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
901
Age
30

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/B/A B
    TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4073. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4073.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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