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CHI77FEV23

1977-04-10 · SHAWNEETOWN, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 210-5A · N8494Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
DORTCH RLA
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
2050494
Total time
2,598 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
703
Age
43

Investigator remarks

RWY LIGHTED BY HEADLIGHTS OF 3 VEHICLES.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/A3 J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING Joint cause
  • 83/J/F J
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause
  • 88/J/13 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0870. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0870.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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