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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FCA05

1981-04-17 CAHOKIA, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2MJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K (315 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20251008

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18E6D

Registrant of record

A3K AERO LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2MJ Hiller UH-12D None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

HILLER UH-12D · N2MJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BI-STATE PARKS

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000977

Total time

6,793 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,350

Age

32

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1241. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1241.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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