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CHI79FEP23

1979-01-15 · WISCONSIN RPDS, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N160MA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ESTUMKEDA LTD DBA MICCO ACFT MAC-145B, built 2001), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SWEARINGEN SA-226 · N160MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
ALEXANDRIA FIELD
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
190° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TC-234
Total time
3,404 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,883
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SNOW PLOW OPERATION.

Investigator remarks

25 OF 40 RWY LIGHTS NOT OPERATING OR MISSING DUE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 80/L/A3 L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING
  • 80/K/BC K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint factor
  • 80/K/BD K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0052. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0052.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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