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MIA67D0150

1966-08-03 · COLUMBUS, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 210-5A · N4869U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MUSCOGEE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
360° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Total time
618 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,250
Age
55

Cause factors

  • 64/C/80 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
  • 80/L/BA L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
  • 82/L/X L
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
  • 88/L/AQ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2238. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2238.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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