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DCA80AA018

1980-05-19 · GULF OF MEXICO, Gulf of America, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LEARJET 25D · N125NE
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 9 kt
Temp
82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000025-271
Total time
1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,740
Age
59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DSCNCT SW INSTLD.AFM/EM TRNG-SPOILERS,INCONSISTENT

Investigator remarks

CAT,FL430.MRGL CTL ABV MACH LMT.UNAUZ MACH WRNG

Cause factors

  • 82/A/K A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 65/A/23 A
    COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/J6 J
    PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
  • 76/J/AY J
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/AD J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION Joint cause
  • 68/J/E0 J
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES Joint cause
  • 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 3801. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3801.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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