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SEA69A0006

1968-07-20 · BILLINGS, Montana, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED 188C · N130US
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 24 kt
Temp
69° F

Aircraft history

Total time
21,769 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,000
Age
38

Investigator remarks

MTN WAVE EFFECT NOT FCST. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.

Cause factors

  • 82/A/K A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/F0 J
    PERSONNEL INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0049. Source file NTSB_1968_1_0049.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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