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IAD78DLQ08

1978-01-19 · HAWESVILLE, Kentucky, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MITSUBISHI MU-2 · N115S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
HANCOCK COUNTY
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
010° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000518
Total time
5,552 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,600
Age
36

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0040. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0040.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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