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SEA79FA027

1979-03-26 · MALTA, Idaho, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA T210C · N30914
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
MALTA
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
260° / 16 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000210059977
Total time
1,539 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
886
Age
31

Investigator remarks

UPHILL GRADIENT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/24 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0368. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0368.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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