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CHI79DEC38

1979-07-18 · TROY, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N6288V

Make / Model
BEECH D55
Year of manufacture
1967 · 12 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19730105
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A83779

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH D-55 · N6288V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
OAKLAND-TROY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TE-459
Total time
1,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,750
Age
55

Cause factors

  • 84/A/I A
    MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1384. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1384.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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