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FTW81FA097

1981-05-28 · SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N6749H has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER J3C-65), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A-36TC · N6749H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
CY
Operator type
Business
Airport
SHREVEPORT DWNTWN
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
220° / 8 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000EA-132
Total time
80 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
485
Age
56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OR NOT SHUT.

Investigator remarks

AFTR TKOF PLT REPORTED HE WOULD RETURN & LAND,DO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1174. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1174.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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