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IAD79FLQ03

1978-10-29 · MT STERLING, Kentucky, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N11253

Make / Model
WACO ASO
Year of manufacture
1931 · 47 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780718
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A036C4

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WACO ASO · N11253
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000003212
Total time
3,319 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,488
Age
51

Cause factors

  • 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 3246. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3246.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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