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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79FRA10

1979-03-15 GANADO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

MURRAYAIR MA-1B · N97064

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

CALAWAY

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 12 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000008

Total time

251 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,150

Age

31

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 20K.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0334. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0334.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.