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SEA79DYM56

1979-08-02 · GOLDENDALE, Washington, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1416 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BELL 407), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
TAILWIND W-8 · N1416
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z
Total time
368 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
557
Age
32

Investigator remarks

SEARCHING FOR LOST DOG.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/A J
    TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2447. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2447.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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