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CHI77FEC20

1977-03-12 · MT. CLEMENS, Michigan, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ROCKWELL 500-S · N303E
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Business
Airport
SELFRIDGE FIELD
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
150° / 5 kt
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000003092
Total time
1,494 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,600
Age
28

Investigator remarks

PLT REPORTED LOW FUEL PRESSURE.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/26 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
  • 76/K/AY K
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Joint factor
  • 82/K/A K
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
  • 82/K/B K
    WEATHER RAIN Joint factor
  • 82/K/C K
    WEATHER FOG Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1809. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1809.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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