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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FA041

1977-04-27 WHEELING, Illinois, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6NR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH HAWKER 800XP

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER

Seats / Engines

15 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20050222

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C3C9

Registrant of record

SDI AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6NR N.AMERICAN NA-265 Serious

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

N.AMERICAN NA-265 · N6NR

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

PAL-WAUKEE

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 10 kt

Temp

83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000380-43

Total time

242 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

8,540

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO STOP W MAX REVERSE.R ENG FLEX SHAFTS FAILED.

Investigator remarks

DRG GO-ARND/ABORT,CP STOWED REVERSERS.PLT ATMTD

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/21 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
65/B/44 B
COPILOT
88/B/05 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR
64/L/80 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
74/K/Y8 K
POWERPLANT OTHER Joint factor
88/K/95 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/42 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 4233. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4233.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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