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OAK75DXQ43

1975-05-24 · SCHURZ, Nevada, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PILATUS B-4 · N99986
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
320° / 30 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000113
Total time
145 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
101
Age
57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EVERE TURB & HI SINK RATE. GUSTING TO 40K.

Investigator remarks

WEA BRIEF BY SOARING MEET OPS. LND ON ROAD DUE S

Cause factors

  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1492. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1492.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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