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CHI68F0578

1967-09-24 · W LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B · N80792
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
PORTEUS FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 18 kt

Aircraft history

Total time
774 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
297
Age
27

Investigator remarks

LEFT CROSS WIND 90 DEG 18 KNOTS,GUSTING.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4630. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4630.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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