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MIA77FKG68

1977-09-23 · ATLANTA, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N72V has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GRANVILLE BROTHERS AIRCRAFT E), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 18S · N72V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Public use
Airport
ATLANTA INTL
Kind of flying
CS

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000BA340
Total time
8,424 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,710
Age
23

Investigator remarks

APRX 2000 LBS OVR MAX GWT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/L/26 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3742. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3742.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.