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FTW80FA054

1980-03-09 · SAGINAW, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-18C · N4156
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Airport
RED OLIVER FARM
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Temp
45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000322
Total time
1,384 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
543
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PASS OVR ARPT TO SIGNAL OTHER PLTS TO TKOF.

Investigator remarks

WITNESS OBSD ACFT STALL/SPIN AFTER PLT MADE SLOW

Cause factors

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

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0087. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0087.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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