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DEN77FA027

1977-02-26 · HANNA, Utah, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA U206D · N72308
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION

Aircraft history

Serial number
000U206-1361
Total time
2,447 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
15,810
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TREES ON MTN 10600FT MSL.RECOVERED 2/28/77.

Investigator remarks

OBTAINED WX INFO ENRT.DRUGS PRESENT IN URINE.HIT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/04 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/70 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-IN FUEL Cause
  • 64/L/65 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
  • 82/L/D L
    WEATHER SNOW
  • 82/L/F L
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
  • 82/L/L L
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0668. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0668.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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