LAX72DUJ21
1971-07-12 · TONOPAH, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Current FAA registration · N9741Y
- Make / Model
- BEECH 35-B33
- Year of manufacture
- 1963 · 8 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 4 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19630301
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S AD9513
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)
- Aircraft
- BEECH A33 · N9741Y
- Damage
- Substantial
- Craft type
- Airplane
- Classification
- Accident
- Light condition
- Dawn
- Weather
- VMC
- Phase of flight
- EB
- Operator type
- D
- Airport
- TURNER RANCH
- Kind of flying
- B2
Weather at impact
- Sky
- CLEAR
Aircraft history
- Serial number
- 000000CD-610
- Total time
- 1,500 hrs
Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Age
- 48
Investigator remarks
PLT RPTD DUST DEVIL.HIT ROCK PILE.
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 82/L/N L WEATHER LOCAL WHIRLWIND
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2659.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2659.txt.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2014 · Journal article (IJAAA) Aerodynamic Optimization of Box Wing – A Case Study
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