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MKC78FCD45

1978-08-23 · DES MOINES, Iowa, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
TRAVEL AIR D4D · N434N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
DES MOINES MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
190° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001340
Total time
2,147 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,507
Age
25

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1966. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1966.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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