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IAD76FIA03

1975-10-19 · FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA P206D · N8728Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
L
Airport
SHANNON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000P2060528
Total time
1,151 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,808
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RUCK TREES.

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD GND FOG 1000 FT AGL,DSCNT CONT BLO MDA ST

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 82/J/I J
    WEATHER WIND SHEAR Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4148. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4148.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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