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IAD80FA017

1979-12-16 · LEXINGTON, Kentucky, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A65 · N154F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Airport
BLUEGRASS
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
330° / 16 kt
Temp
32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000LC-214
Total time
2,698 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,300
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

'S MAN STATED-APPLY FULL ALT AIR BFR ICING CONDS.

Investigator remarks

DE-ICING EQUIP NOT INSTLD ON WNG-EMPENNAGE.OWNER

Cause factors

  • 64/C/40 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/02 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/CY C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE INDUCTION Cause
  • 64/B/01 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
  • 88/B/74 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
  • 82/K/F K
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3493. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3493.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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