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CHI67A0138

1967-06-26 · GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
VICKERS 745D · N7451
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Airport
KENT COUNTY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
26,855 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,723
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.IMPROPER ACTION TAKEN ON PREVIOUS CREW WRITE-UPS.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHEEL PIVOT PIN FAILED AT LUBRICATION HOLES

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CP A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/36 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CV J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Joint cause
  • 88/J/AH J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0036. Source file NTSB_1967_1_0036.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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