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MKC80DA032

1980-04-24 · CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 18S · N166H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 15 kt
Temp
38° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000BA253
Total time
11,338 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,590
Age
24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING ROSE ABRUPTLY,R WING HIT RWY.WND GSTG 25KTS.

Investigator remarks

ICE FELL OFF WING DRG LNDG.JUST AFTER TCHDWN,L W

Cause factors

  • 64/A/19 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/74 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1183. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1183.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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