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Event ATL80FKW19

1980-08-18 NASHVILLE, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N99446 ERCO 415-C Fatal

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

ERCO 415-C · N99446

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

CORNELIA FORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002069

Total time

1,422 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

65

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OHOL LEVEL 187MG%.ACFT APRX 120LBS OVR WT.

Investigator remarks

FOREIGN MTRL AND WATER IN FUEL SYS.PLT BLOOD ALC

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/65 B
PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
88/B/67 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
88/L/64 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL
88/K/76 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint factor

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 3 2067. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2067.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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