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CHI76FEI29

1976-04-18 · GALION, Ohio, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N170V has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 170B, built 1952), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E50 · N170V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
GALION MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 13 kt
Temp
82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000EH-34
Total time
5,724 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PER CENT PER MG. PRACTICE R ENG FEATHER,L ENG QUIT

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL .1

Cause factors

  • 64/C/20 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/34 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATED CARELESSLY Cause
  • 64/C/65 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause
  • 88/C/67 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause
  • 70/L/CL L
    AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS
  • 88/L/CG L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OPEN
  • 74/L/FD L
    POWERPLANT HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1412. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1412.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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