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NYC79FGM27

1979-05-11 · BEAVER FALLS, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 18S · N3787B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
BEAVER COUNTY
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
180° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000BA-87
Total time
9,774 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,885
Age
54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IZERS,RUDDERS DAMAGED, TAIL WHEEL TORN OFF.

Investigator remarks

DIRECT CROSSWIND GUSTS OF 20 KTS.VERTICAL STABIL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/79 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1013. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1013.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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