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NYC78DFJ12

1978-01-26 · BUFFALO, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 206U · N3930G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
E
Airport
BUFFALO
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
190° / 36 kt
Temp
34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000U2060930
Total time
4,833 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
21,000
Age
51

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 48K.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/H A
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0304. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0304.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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