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FTW75DQD16

1975-02-27 · ALPINE, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N33356

Make / Model
CALLAIR A-3
Year of manufacture
1947 · 28 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560606
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3A41A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CALLAIR A-3 · N33356
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
ALPINE MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000112
Total time
1,602 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
214
Age
44

Investigator remarks

ACFT HIT GUY WIRE ON SHORT FINAL.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/22 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0283. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0283.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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