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OAK76DJA22

1976-07-27 · KOLOA, Hawaii, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N104MA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AUTOGYRO USA INC CAVALON, built 2019), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MURRAYAIR MA-1 · N104MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
KOLOA AIRSTRIP
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
090° / 15 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000004
Total time
1,634 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,900
Age
59

Investigator remarks

SEAT SLID TO REAR.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2446. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2446.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.