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CHI79FET04

1978-11-04 · MENTONE, Indiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N18062

Make / Model
MONOCOUPE 90A
Year of manufacture
1938 · 40 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600826
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A143F1

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MONOCOUPE 90A · N18062
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
MENTONE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
200° / 10 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000A-770
Total time
1,388 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
500
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

Investigator remarks

FUEL STOLEN FROM AIRCRAFT AFTER LAST FUELING AND

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4471. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4471.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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