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OAK70FVG13

1970-05-09 · FAIRFIELD, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER K8B · N4601T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 14 kt
Temp
72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000008329
Total time
871 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
35
Age
54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ELD.GUSTING 20K.PLT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO X-C FLT.

Investigator remarks

DURG X-C FLT ENCTRD DWNDFTS,ATMTD LDG IN FARM FI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/M A
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 1998. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1998.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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