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CHI80FET25

1980-08-15 · HOBART, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N8654A

Make / Model
BEECH A35
Year of manufacture
1949 · 31 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560518
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABE44F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A-35 · N8654A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
HOBART SKY RANCH
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
360° / 8 kt
Temp
68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000D-2064
Total time
2,940 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
632
Age
45

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1874. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1874.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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