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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEE10

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

Registry · N261WR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 560

Year of manufacture

1997

Engine

P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19971218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A284B8

Registrant of record

W.R. MEADOWS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N261WR Mitsubishi MU2B None

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

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

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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