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SEA76AS073

1976-08-25 · SALMON, Idaho, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA TU206E · N1383M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
220° / 10 kt
Temp
63° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000020601683
Total time
1,258 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,300
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MDT. CARGO NOT SECURED.

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE 8/30/76. PLT OBTND WEA BRFNG 1541

Cause factors

  • 64/A/40 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/L A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/X A
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/60 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARGO SHIFTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3430. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3430.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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