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CHI72AC098

1972-06-08 · NO.CANTON, Ohio, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER AS-K13 · N1757
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
MARTIN
Kind of flying
A3

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000013061
Total time
928 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
14
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DEN GUSTS. PLT HAD 1 HR LAST 90 DAYS,34 MIN SOLO.

Investigator remarks

LOST CTL DURING STEEP TURN TO FINAL APCH DUE SUD

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2163. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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