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WIND_COMPONENT

WIND_COMPONENT · 12 codes · NTSB Form 6120.4

Verbatim from the ct_Pre1982 table of PRE1982.MDB, the FAA-distributed pre-1982 NTSB accident database; used to decode every pre-1982 NTSB event page.

  • ** WIND COMPONENT-RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
  • A HEAD WIND
  • B RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND
  • C RIGHT CROSS WIND
  • D RIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND
  • E TAIL WIND
  • F LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND
  • G LEFT CROSS WIND
  • H LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND
  • I CALM
  • J LIGHT AND VARIABLE
  • Z UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED