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CHI78FEK25

1978-07-14 · MONTPELIER, Ohio, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER K8B · N885D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WOODRUFF FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000109
Total time
1,024 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
60
Age
42

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2303. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2303.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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