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CHI77FEC10

1977-01-23 · DETROIT, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A55 · N1572S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
DETROIT CITY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TC-316
Total time
4,180 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
471
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E/DIRT. PILOT REPORTED MODERATELY HARD LANDING.

Investigator remarks

GEAR BRACE WOULD NOT GO OVER CENTER DUE TO GREAS

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CM A
    AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/G A
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/25 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0086. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0086.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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