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MKC79FCQ39

1979-07-27 · TRIBUNE, Kansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DYKE DELTA JD-2 · N18DW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 25 kt
Temp
90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001093
Total time
469 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
469
Age
39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HOUSE.

Investigator remarks

#3 CONROD ASSY FAILED.COLLIDED WITH HAYSTACK,HEN

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AC C
    POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2710. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2710.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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