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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI822A073

1981-07-07 DETROIT, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N781S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10

Year of manufacture

2009

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540-EXP (330 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20091230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA95CD

Registrant of record

SULLIVAN STEVEN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N781S Swearingen SA-226 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

SWEARINGEN SA-226 · N781S

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Airport

DETROIT METRO

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 9 kt

Temp

91° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000TC259

Total time

7,231 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TED.L & R ENGS 18.8 & 7.2PCT BLO TARGET TORQUE.

Investigator remarks

R PROP,FUSELAGE SKIN HIT RWY AFT GEAR WAS RETRAC

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/D6 J
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
74/J/KY J
POWERPLANT OTHER Joint cause
88/J/47 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Joint 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 4 0022. Source file NTSB_1981_4_0022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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