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DEN78FA040

1978-05-04 · WHEATLAND, Wyoming, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N320Z has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (MARK SCHOENING ZENITH CH 750 CRUZER, built 2021), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH D50C · N320Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000DH281
Total time
3,734 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
456
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N TO PILOT BEFORE TAKEOFF AND IN AIR.

Investigator remarks

PILOT REPORT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE RIME ICE GIVE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/40 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/74 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 82/J/X J
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2687. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2687.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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