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FTW82DRG03

1981-10-15 · GOLIAD, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH C50 · N4914B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
140° / 3 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000CH-316

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
13,950
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON DIRT ROAD AT NGT.CARRYING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

Investigator remarks

WING TIP STRUCK FENCE & IRRIGATION PIPE DRG LNDG

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2577. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2577.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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