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CHI78DEP48

1978-07-23 · KENOSHA, Wisconsin, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N2911

Make / Model
THORP T-18
Year of manufacture
1968 · 10 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780714
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2FBAC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
THORP T18 · N2911
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
WINFIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
130° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000086
Total time
317 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
623
Age
43

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3798. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3798.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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