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SEA67D0188

1966-11-12 · YAKIMA, Washington, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STINSON L-5B · N6439C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
J
Kind of flying
DE

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
995 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,301
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EES WHEN UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB DOWNDRAFT.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LOOKING FOR LOST HUNTER.CRASH LANDED IN TR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/49 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/M A
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/20 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4059. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4059.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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