MIA78FA121
1978-09-04 · CLEWISTON, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)
- Aircraft
- CONVAIR 240 · N7177B
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Craft type
- Airplane
- Classification
- Accident
- Light condition
- Dawn
- Weather
- VMC
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
- Operator type
- Y
- Airport
- SUGAR CANE FLD
- Kind of flying
- DD
Weather at impact
- Sky
- CLEAR
- Temp
- 90° F
Aircraft history
- Serial number
- 000000000038
Pilot
- Certificate
- DA (DA)
- Age
- 44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT FOUND.
Investigator remarks
PILOT WAS NOT TYPE RATED IN CONVAIR 240.ELT WAS
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/87 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 64/L/33 L PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 3084.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3084.txt.
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