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MKC78DCQ24

1978-05-28 · MEADE, Kansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA P337G · N264
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
MEADE,KS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000P3370230
Total time
775 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,184
Age
66

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 20KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 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 1067. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1067.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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