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CHI71AC007

1970-07-26 · CARROLTON, Kentucky, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A-35 · N678B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Airport
ROBINSON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
120° / 3 kt
Temp
88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000D1681
Total time
2,711 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,150
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FALLING OUT OF TURN.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 190MG PCT.

Investigator remarks

ACFT OBSVD ENTERING A CLIMBING STEEP L TURN,THEN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/65 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/67 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1179. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1179.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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