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CHI81FEP41

1981-08-06 · MEQUON, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N1114V

Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1
Year of manufacture
1950 · 31 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING GO-435 (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800312
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A032E2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 · N1114V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
250° / 10 kt
Temp
78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000154
Total time
4,788 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,550
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& MOVE MIXTURE TO LEAN.

Investigator remarks

ALLOWED BRIEF CASE TO SLIDE FWD,HIT MIXTURE CTL

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 83/K/D K
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1682. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1682.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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