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MKC81FA049

1981-08-05 · WAUKON, Iowa, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FAIRCHILD 24R · N77694
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
330° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000R46-394

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
900
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERIORATING WX.

Investigator remarks

LOW ALT CRUISE,ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN VFR IN DET

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2973. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2973.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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