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UNK73X0101

1972-10-20 · VANCOUVER, CD, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 35P · N9656Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
VANCOUVER
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z
Total time
1,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.PRESUMED FATAL.INVESTIGATED BY CANADIAN GOVT.

Investigator remarks

UNQUALIFIED IFR PLT ATMTNG ILS APCH.DEBRIS RCVRD

Cause factors

  • 64/A/40 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0093. Source file NTSB_1972_6_0093.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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