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SEA74FYC38

1974-03-15 · BEAVERTON, Oregon, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CALLAIR A-9B · N7908V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
080° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001556
Total time
937 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,641
Age
31

Investigator remarks

PROC TURN INTO RISING TERRAIN.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/24 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0800. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0800.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.