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IAD77DKW30

1977-09-04 · BENTON, Tennessee, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER KA6CR · N201V
Damage
Minor
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
CHILHOUSE
Kind of flying
A3

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000006362
Total time
622 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
15
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF CENTERLINE.

Investigator remarks

DRIFTED RT,RT WING STRUCK MAN ON TRACTOR 80FT RT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/79 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3417. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3417.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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