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FTW81FQA43

1981-08-24 · RUIDOSO, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 320F · N6157Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
RUIDOSO MUNI
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000320F0007
Total time
2,228 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,851
Age
38

Investigator remarks

D/A APRX 7500FT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/45 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 82/L/W L
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2535. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2535.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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