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CHI78FEM12

1978-02-12 · EAST JORDAN, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1EV has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36, built 1979), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-20A · N1EV
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
E.JORDAN CITY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001578
Total time
1,897 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
940
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING LOSS OF CONTROL ON ROLLOUT.

Investigator remarks

PASSENGER OPERATED BRAKES(ON LEFT SIDE ONLY)CAUS

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 84/C/8 C
    MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 68/C/K4 C
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause
  • 80/K/BC K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0921. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0921.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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