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FTW76AF003

1975-07-11 · ADDISON, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N71CR has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (MOONEY M20C, built 1963), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-159 · N71CR
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
Business
Airport
ADDISON
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
300° / 4 kt
Temp
77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000163
Total time
10,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,705
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED GO ARND & CRASHED ON RWY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT ENCNTRD HVY RAIN ON SHORT FINAL,PLT INITIAT

Cause factors

  • 82/A/I A
    WEATHER WIND SHEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/J A
    WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1865. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1865.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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