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OAK72AP005

1971-08-08 · HONOLULU, Hawaii, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
VICKERS 745D · N7415
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Airport
HONOLULU INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000113
Total time
31,355 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,800
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DUE HEAT ENERGY ABSORPTION OVR UNK PERIOD OF TIME

Investigator remarks

UNDETECTED ELEC SHRT,L BATT CAUSED THERM RUNAWAY

Cause factors

  • 75/A/AA A
    SYSTEMS BATTERIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/CI A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/50 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0013. Source file NTSB_1971_1_0013.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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