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DEN71AD026

1970-12-04 · CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N156 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA T182T, built 2012), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED TV-2 · N156
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
G
Airport
CHEYENNE MUNI
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 28 kt
Temp
44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000128705

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,127
Age
42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

START. LOW KEY 9500FT. WIND GUSTING 41K.

Investigator remarks

T.O.2J-J33-125-4 NOT COMPLIED WITH AFTR PREV HOT

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/PI C
    POWERPLANT RETENTION,BLADE Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
  • 88/C/AH C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
  • 64/B/28 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2173. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2173.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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