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CHI81FEI19

1981-05-31 · MEDINA, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N45WA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-4, built 1942), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PITTS S-1E · N45WA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
FREEDOM
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
020° / 9 kt
Temp
58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000AW-1
Total time
77 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
407
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PPING MAIN FUEL DRAIN FRM LEAKING.

Investigator remarks

PLT REPORTED HAVING DIFFICULTY DAY BFR ACDNT STO

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/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 74/L/CE L
    POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1022. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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