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CHI80FEP29

1980-05-21 · STEVENS PT, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5JJ

Make / Model
TUSZKA-WEISBROD CASSUTT III M
Year of manufacture
1976 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800519
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6360F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CASSUTT 111M · N5JJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
STEVENS PT MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000001JJ
Total time
200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,307
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AT VIBRATION COULD CLOSE VALVE,FOUND CLOSED.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SHUTOFF FLEXIBLE CONTROL CABLE ROUTED SO TH

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/CC C
    POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
  • 88/C/CB C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 74/L/AE L
    POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS
  • 88/L/46 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART
  • 88/L/AN L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1156. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1156.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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