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LAX79DUJ39

1978-12-31 · FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N33323 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CUB CRAFTERS INC CCK-2000, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA 0-58B · N33323
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
FLAGSTAFF
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
21° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000347093
Total time
1,256 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
349
Age
22

Investigator remarks

HEAVY FROST ON ACT AND ICE ON TRIM HINGES.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/74 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4152. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4152.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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