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DIA67A0005

1967-01-19 · NORFOLK, Virginia, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N7431 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV, built 1952), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
VICKERS 745D · N7431
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Airport
NORFOLK MUNI

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
040° / 5 kt
Temp
35° F

Aircraft history

Total time
26,842 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,048
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTIONS AND ARPT VEHICULAR TFC CONTROL INADEQUATE.

Investigator remarks

SNOWPLOW DRIVEN INTO PATH OF N7431.DRIVER INSTRU

Cause factors

  • 68/C/K5 C
    PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE Cause
  • 68/C/H9 C
    PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/10 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0009. Source file NTSB_1967_1_0009.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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