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FTW77FQG15

1977-03-03 · MIDLAND, Texas, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E50 · N333JV
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
MIDLAND REGIONAL
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 18 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000EH-15
Total time
2,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
15,000
Age
42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VELOPING HI SINK RATE.

Investigator remarks

S-TURNING TO PSN ACFT IN PATTERN.HIT GND AFTR DE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0353. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0353.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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