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LAX75DUJ05

1974-07-09 · MT BALDY, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PILATUS PC-6 · N351FH
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
MT BALDY AIR STRP
Kind of flying
CD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
61° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002012
Total time
1,555 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,199
Age
35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TTLED DWN SLP INTO TREES.DENS ALT ABT 12000 FT.

Investigator remarks

HI ALT SHRT RWY TKOFF,WND 12-15.WND DIED ACFT SE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
  • 80/J/BY J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1739. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1739.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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