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ATL81DID13

1981-05-03 · FOREST, Virginia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 305E · N95495
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
J
Airport
NEW LONDON
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 10 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000024090
Total time
4,530 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,039
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SING

Investigator remarks

TAILWHEEL STEERING ARM LINK TO CONTROL CHAIN MIS

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CD C
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/90 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0593. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0593.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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