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SEA70D0084

1969-08-18 · GOLDENDALE, Washington, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N2911V

Make / Model
CALLAIR A-3
Year of manufacture
1949 · 20 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES (125 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2FBC0

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CALLAIR A-3 · N2911V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GOLDENDALE
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 40 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000127
Total time
521 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
637
Age
52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R WG STRUCK GRND. GUSTING TO 40K.

Investigator remarks

PLT COULDNT FIND APT. LANDED IN ROUGH,SHORT FLD.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/03 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/H A
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 83/J/F J
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3620. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3620.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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