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LAX68D0415

1968-04-16 · WINSLOW, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 206B · N3406L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
WINSLOW
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
230° / 50 kt
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Total time
46 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,487
Age
46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RING HEADWIND,50K,GUSTS TO 55K ON LDG.TIRE BLEWOUT

Investigator remarks

FAILED TO GET WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO FLT.LT QUARTE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 70/B/CF B
    AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1708. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1708.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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