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DEN74DTC27

1974-02-18 · GILLETTE, Wyoming, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WACO RNF · N613Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
GILLETTE-CAMPBELL
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000003333
Total time
1,555 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
21,500
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TEERABLE TAILWHEEL.

Investigator remarks

FLT-TAXI TEST.ACFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO MUD.NON-S

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/K/BF K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0094. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0094.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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