CHI81FEM23
1981-06-27 · ESCANABA, Michigan, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Current FAA registration · N88877
- Make / Model
- OLSEN SONERAI II
- Engine
- VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 2 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19800611
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S AC3EFA
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)
- Aircraft
- SONERAI II · N88877
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Craft type
- Airplane
- Classification
- Accident
- Light condition
- Dawn
- Weather
- VMC
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
- Operator type
- D
- Airport
- DELTA COUNTY
- Kind of flying
- B0
Weather at impact
- Sky
- CLEAR
- Wind
- 170° / 8 kt
- Temp
- 70° F
Aircraft history
- Serial number
- 000000000476
- Total time
- 39 hrs
Pilot
- Certificate
- Flight instructor (CFI)
- Total hours
- 15,000
- Age
- 57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VLV BINDING.TURNED TO AVOID AUTO,HIT RD CURB,POLE.
Investigator remarks
1600CC VW ENG.NO 4 VLV GUIDE CRACKED,OUT OF PSN.
Cause factors
- 74/C/AF C POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/BA C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING Cause
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1163.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1163.txt.
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