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DCA80AA007

1979-11-18 · SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED 188C · N859U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Airport
SALT LK CTY INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
180° / 7 kt
Temp
41° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000016
Total time
41,764 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,000
Age
46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FOR UNDET REASON.

Investigator remarks

PROGRESSIVE VOLTAGE DECAY ON PRIORITY BUS A SYS

Cause factors

  • 75/C/AY C
    SYSTEMS OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/33 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause
  • 64/B/66 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
  • 82/L/B L
    WEATHER RAIN
  • 82/L/F L
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
  • 88/K/49 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0017. Source file NTSB_1979_1_0017.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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