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MIA66A0133

1966-05-15 · MEMPHIS, Tennessee, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N19117 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOEING 757-224, built 1996), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FAIRCHILD 24G · N19117
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
MEMPHIS DOWNTOWN
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 7 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,835 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
608
Age
39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PART OF AN AIRSHOW EXHIBITION

Investigator remarks

PILOT WAS ATTEMTPING TISSUE STREAMER CUTTING AS

Cause factors

  • 64/C/09 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 70/C/AE C
    AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Cause
  • 88/C/94 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
  • 64/L/20 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 88/L/14 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
  • 88/K/88 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0244. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0244.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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