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CHI81FA061

1981-05-31 · NEW CASTLE, Indiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH T-34B · N74195
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
L
Airport
HENRY COUNTY MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 5 kt
Temp
76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000BG-39
Total time
799 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
49

Investigator remarks

CLUB REGS PROHIBIT ACROBATIC FLT IN CLUB ACFT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 0946. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0946.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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