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Event SEA78DYP51

1978-09-15 PALOUSE, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N68508

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1972 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720801

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A91843

Registrant of record

WILLIAMS HOUSTON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N68508 Bellanca 7GCBC Minor

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

BELLANCA 7GCBC · N68508

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HANSEN STRIP

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 38 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000950-72

Total time

950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,536

Age

32

Investigator remarks

GUSTING TO 50K.

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/L/07 L
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2843. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2843.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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