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FTW77FRG65

1977-08-29 · KINGSVILLE, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N59695

Make / Model
BOEING B75N1
Year of manufacture
1942 · 35 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740710
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7B762

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING B75-N1 · N59695
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
KLEBERG
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-2640
Total time
3,329 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,500
Age
28

Cause factors

  • 64/A/52 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3771. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3771.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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