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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEC46

1981-09-11 DETROIT, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1017F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19890511

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00BBE

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1017F Cessna A185F 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

CESSNA A185F · N1017F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DETROIT CITY

Kind of flying

A2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

240° / 10 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018502686

Total time

1,119 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,010

Age

45

Investigator remarks

L GEAR SUPPORT NOT PROPERLY SHIMMED.

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
70/C/CA C
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2785. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2785.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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