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FTW77FA022

1976-12-14 · OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AMERICAN AA1B · N6278L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
EXPRESSWAY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000AA1B0078
Total time
820 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
6,143
Age
52

Cause factors

  • 64/A/48 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 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 3886. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3886.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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