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CHI78FEE10

1977-11-27 · ELGIN, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N261WR has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 560, built 1997), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MITSUBISHI MU2B · N261WR
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
ELGIN
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
190° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000330
Total time
564 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,118
Age
32

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHEEL DUG IN MUD.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
  • 88/J/AQ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
  • 64/J/80 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Joint cause
  • 80/J/BL J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3705. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3705.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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