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FTW75DRG66

1975-04-12 · TEMPLE, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N21618

Make / Model
CESSNA A188B
Year of manufacture
1972 · 3 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720329
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1D268

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 188B · N21618
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
AGRICULTURAL AIR
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
120° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000188-00912
Total time
1,362 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
424
Age
38

Investigator remarks

PLT NOT FAMILIAR WITH TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 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 3 0641. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0641.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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