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DEN76FQA30

1976-01-10 · EL VADO, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH TC-45G · N9907Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Z
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
EL VADO STATE PRK
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000AF-205

Pilot

Certificate
ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO DESTROY EVIDENCE.HIT BARREL ON ROLLOUT.

Investigator remarks

TRANSPORT OF CONTRABAND.ACFT PROBABLY SET AFIRE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 80/L/BC L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0182. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0182.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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