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FTW82FQA04

1981-10-11 · ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
RAVEN RX-6 · N8663L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
D
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000RX-6-152
Total time
301 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
88

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DRG LNDG.FND MTRL RESEMBLING SAND & LINT IN VLV.

Investigator remarks

UN OPEN REGO VLV ON NO 2 PROPANE TNK,HIT PWR LN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/CY A
    SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/G A
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/91 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3590. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3590.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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