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MKC71DCJ29

1970-12-03 · HARVARD, Nebraska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ERCOUPE 415-E · N94840
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A7
Operator type
D
Airport
HARVARD STATE
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 35 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000004913
Total time
1,590 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
281
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R HELP TO TAXI,GUST OVERTURNED ACFT.

Investigator remarks

PLT LANDED W/O INCIDENT.WHILE HOLDING ON RNWY FO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/H A
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 4338. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4338.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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