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CHI79DEX14

1979-01-12 · MARTINSVILLE, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N79DC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 414A), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SPARTAN 7W · N79DC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CASSIDY LDG STRIP
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
120° / 9 kt
Temp
22° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000030
Total time
4,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
7,813
Age
60

Cause factors

  • 68/A/H2 A
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/BC J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause
  • 80/J/BD J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0130. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0130.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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