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CHI77DEX40

1977-07-13 · CONVERSE, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N52014

Make / Model
BOEING A75N1(PT17)
Year of manufacture
1942 · 35 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19840307
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A68B86

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN PT-17 · N52014
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
DUSTER STRIP
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000075-653
Total time
6,823 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,014
Age
30

Investigator remarks

AC HIT CHUCKHOLE ON RUNWAY

Cause factors

  • 64/A/22 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/35 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2236. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2236.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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