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UNK65X0247

1964-10-11 · CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-20A · N6063X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
180° / 4 kt
Temp
42° F

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
405
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACIST.

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE-10/12/64. PILOTS OCCUPATION PHARM

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 64/1/29 1
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Subordinate · 1
  • 64/1/33 1
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Subordinate · 1

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0738. Source file NTSB_1964_2_0738.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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