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FTW77FPA02

1977-01-30 · PLANO, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AMERICAN AA1 · N5934L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SHILOH
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000234
Total time
1,047 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,420
Age
25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AGED IN ACCIDENT.SWITCH POSITION UNKNOWN.

Investigator remarks

NARCO ELT INSTALLED BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE.NOT DAM

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/79 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/BC J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0056. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0056.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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