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CHI80FEE30

1980-06-20 · HINCKLEY, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER 1-35 · N34266
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
HINCKLEY
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000046
Total time
415 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
300
Age
48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LT'S VISION OBSCD.R WING SEPD.PLT BAILED OUT.

Investigator remarks

WTR GUSHED INTO COCKPIT DRG SPIN RCVRY & NEG G.P

Cause factors

  • 64/A/09 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/J/G J
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Joint cause
  • 70/J/AA J
    AIRFRAME SPARS Joint cause
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
  • 88/J/49 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2882. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2882.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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