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FTW81FA079

1981-04-25 · BEAUMONT, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA TU206B · N3414L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Y
Airport
BEAUMONT MUNI
Kind of flying
DG

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
110° / 7 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0001206-0714
Total time
2,646 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
564
Age
21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TAB.CG 7 IN BHND AFT LMT BFR JUMP.SKYDIVING CLUB.

Investigator remarks

WINDOW SEPD FM SPL JUMP DOOR,WRAPPED ARND HORZ S

Cause factors

  • 64/A/09 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/BF A
    AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BT A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/D3 A
    AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/CF A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/49 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1248. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1248.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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