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FTW81FRG54

1981-07-28 · BENAVIDES, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH B50 · UNKNOWN
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Z
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
120° / 8 kt
Temp
78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z

Pilot

Certificate
ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BFR HITTING TREES AT END OF FLD.HAULING DRUGS.

Investigator remarks

DRG NGT LNDG IN HAY FLD,GND LOOPED ACFT TO STOP

Cause factors

  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
  • 88/B/DF B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2630. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2630.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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