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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEC20

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

Aircraft involved

N303E Rockwell 500-S 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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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