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FTW81FA061

1981-03-31 · CONROE, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SIKORSKY S-76 · N765AL
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000760028
Total time
411 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,791
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FAILURE USING N2 BEEP(GOVERNOR) ONLY.

Investigator remarks

CFI PLACED 1 ENG INTO FLT IDLE,MFGR REC SIM ENG

Cause factors

  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/85 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0873. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0873.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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