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FTW81FPJ02

1980-10-19 · OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N32077

Make / Model
WACO YPF-7
Year of manufacture
1941 · 39 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS L4 /R755-7 (245 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750507
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A371BD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WACO YPF-7 · N32077
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
EXPRESSWAY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005709
Total time
1,489 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
623
Age
26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DMG.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH BELLANCA 8KCAB,N5069K,SUBSTANTIAL

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2699. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2699.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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