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CHI81FA051

1981-04-23 · ALPENA, Michigan, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N9JS has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN AA-5), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N9JS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
PHELPS-COLLINS
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
130° / 14 kt
Temp
40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000178
Total time
3,808 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,776
Age
63

Investigator remarks

ILS RWY36 APCH,CRASHED 1.6MI SHORT OF RWY.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1907. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1907.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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