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IAD73FIA15

1973-05-12 · HUNTINGTON, Maryland, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N678M

Make / Model
FLEET 2
Year of manufacture
1930 · 43 years old at event
Engine
KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610915
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8FA83

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FLEET 2 · N678M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
JOHNSON FIELD
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
310° / 13 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000226
Total time
2,370 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,200
Age
39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K.WIND GUSTING 20K.

Investigator remarks

GR CAUGHT IN SOFT DIRT/SAND ACFT ENDED UP ON BAC

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/79 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
  • 83/K/A K
    TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
  • 88/K/AQ K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
  • 82/K/H K
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1474. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1474.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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