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UNK64X1861

1964-05-20 · KENAI, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G21 · N641
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
G
Airport
KENAI
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate
C3 (C3)
Total hours
20,788
Age
366

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTY TO 22 KNOTS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1349. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1349.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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