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MIA79FKG30

1979-04-07 · FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N122LT has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SKYSTAR ACFT CO KITFOX IV), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 · N122LT
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
RUST AIRSTRIP
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000C1D652543
Total time
1,810 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,698
Age
24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROUND CONTROL STICK.

Investigator remarks

STRAPS OF PARACHUTE IN REAR SEAT FOUND WRAPPED A

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/77 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1293. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1293.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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