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ATL81DLQ15

1981-05-03 · CANONSBURG, Kentucky, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HUGHES 269A-1 · N8875F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 8 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000063-0240
Total time
2,440 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,550
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ATER.COML-FIXED WING PLT IN HELICOPTER TRAINING.

Investigator remarks

PRACTICING QUICKSTOPS AT LOW ALT OVER STANDING W

Cause factors

  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0709. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0709.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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