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IAD79FA017

1978-11-22 · MEMPHIS, Tennessee, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N2301N has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (MARASCHIELLO ANTHONY VITO JAZZ TRIKE 2000, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SWEARINGEN SA26-T · N2301N
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
OLIVE BRANCH
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
140° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000T26-2
Total time
5,025 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,000
Age
38

Investigator remarks

CONTROLLER WARNED PLT OF LOW ALT ALERT 3 TIMES.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3909. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3909.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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