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FTW79FRG21

1979-03-07 · AUSTIN, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N95DB has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH V35B, built 1979), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
VARIEZE 1 · N95DB
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
TIMS AIRPARK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 13 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001003
Total time
75 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,450
Age
26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AD ON CANOPY LOCKS.

Investigator remarks

CG .21IN AFT OF REAR LIMIT.NO EVIDENCE OF OVERLO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
  • 70/J/BH J
    AIRFRAME WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES Joint cause
  • 88/J/29 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0436. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0436.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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