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SEA77FYP32

1977-07-01 · HUNTERS, Washington, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN A75N1 · N68200
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DD
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-7415
Total time
5,718 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
406
Age
24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.DENS ALT OVER 5000FT.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPTS DOWNDRAFT ENCOUNTER.STRUCK TREE.WOODED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
  • 82/J/M J
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2209. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2209.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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