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DEN77FQG05

1977-07-19 · HOBBS, New Mexico, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOLINO OY PIK-20 · N37N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
HOBBS AIRPARK
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
150° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000020017
Total time
200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,150

Investigator remarks

END OF 8.5HR SOARING COMPETITION FLT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/17 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause
  • 88/C/62 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2886. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2886.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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