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IAD74AI032

1973-12-06 · KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N10BB has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 208, built 1989), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DEHAVILLAND DH-104 · N10BB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
MCGHEE-TYSON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000004325

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE FIRE DMG TO ACFT.

Investigator remarks

PLT LEFT SCENE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.CAUSE OF FIR

Cause factors

  • 84/A/I A
    MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/50 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3975. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3975.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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