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CHI78FEE51

1978-07-09 · PARK FOREST, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N9848E

Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E
Year of manufacture
1965 · 13 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650902
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADBD75

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER SGU222 · N9848E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
J
Airport
HAEDTLER FIELD
Kind of flying
A1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000229
Total time
1,387 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
6
Age
16

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF TRACTOR NEAR RUNWAY.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH TRACTOR.UNSAFE CONDITION-OPERATION

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 68/L/H1 L
    PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1832. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1832.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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