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IAD71II019

1970-10-28 · HOT SPRINGS, Virginia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N164P has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SWEARINGEN SA-26AT, built 1969), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NIHON YS-11A · N164P
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
INGALLS

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
170° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,388
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

H.APRX 150-200FT OVR RWY THRESHOLD A/S 120K.

Investigator remarks

ADF APCH-DSCNDD TO MDA,SIGHTED RWY,CONTD LDG APC

Cause factors

  • 64/C/20 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 88/B/DF B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
  • 88/L/22 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0056. Source file NTSB_1970_4_0056.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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