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MKC76DER27

1975-09-22 · TWO HARBORS, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J4 · N32695
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
TWO HARBORS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000041299
Total time
2,264 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
102
Age
29

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD STRONG WIND GUST.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/B/22 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3485. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3485.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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