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CHI822A073

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

N781S has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10, built 2009), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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