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UNK72X0109

1972-06-24 · ELK IS, CD, Canada · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 50 · N3674B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
ELK ISLAND
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z
Total time
2,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
775

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ORTED BY CANADIAN GOVT.

Investigator remarks

NOT FAMILIAR WITH ACFT OR ARPT.INVESTIGATION REP

Cause factors

  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 64/L/02 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
  • 88/K/03 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint factor
  • 64/K/07 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0096. Source file NTSB_1972_6_0096.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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