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MKC70A0033

1969-12-15 · CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ALON A-2A · N5646F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MASON CITY
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
330° / 8 kt
Temp
2° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000B-246
Total time
554 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
860
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

. LOW CLOUD DECK UNFCST. RECOVERY DATE 12/15/69.

Investigator remarks

CP BELIEVED TO HAVE LOST CONTROL DURING CLIMBOUT

Cause factors

  • 65/A/66 A
    COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/F0 J
    PERSONNEL INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3578. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3578.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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