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CHI82DET02

1981-11-26 · PERU, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N26758

Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA-5A
Year of manufacture
1978 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A29C26

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GULFSTREAM AA-5A · N26758
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
PERU MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
225° / 30 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000AA5A0696
Total time
1,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
72
Age
29

Investigator remarks

MAX QUARTERING HEADWIND COMPONENT 21KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2970. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2970.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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