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Event SEA77DYM54

1977-07-30 YAMHILL, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3492Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 320E

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19670223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3E16A

Registrant of record

LADET WILLIAM D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3492Q Cessna 320E None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CESSNA 320E · N3492Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

FLYING M RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000320E-0092

Total time

1,110 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,336

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WAS OFF-ARPT.T/D LONG.

Investigator remarks

NOT FAMILIAR WITH ARPT.PLT THOUGHT FIRST 1/3 RWY

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2896. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2896.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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