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CHI80DEV01

1979-10-07 · MOWEAQUA, Illinois, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER SGU222 · N9917J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
J
Airport
HILVETY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
280° / 9 kt
Temp
68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000244
Total time
1,367 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
117
Age
59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T TO RETURN,STALLED DRG TURN TO OPEN WHEAT FLD.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-WORKED THERMAL UNTIL TOO FAR FROM ARP

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/27 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2587. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2587.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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