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LAX74DUJ13

1973-09-01 · WELLTON, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN E75 · N1263N
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
TEXAS HILL STRIP
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-5316
Total time
5,234 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
36

Investigator remarks

LANDED ON NARROW DIRT ROAD

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 83/L/Y L
    TERRAIN OTHER

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3748. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3748.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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