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MKC68D0023

1967-06-13 · STURGIS, South Dakota, United States · Minor · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8D · N72060
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
008° / 12 kt
Temp
66° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,608 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
186
Age
44

Investigator remarks

LOW CLOUD BANK IMMEDIATE AREA OF ACCIDENT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/F J
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
  • 82/J/Y J
    WEATHER OTHER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3725. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3725.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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