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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEG06

1973-09-03 AMELIA, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5450N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P

Year of manufacture

1944 · 29 years old at event

Engine

P&W WJR-B-S-T (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551231

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6ECE4

Registrant of record

GOLDSTEIN MICHAEL FRANK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5450N Howard DGA-15 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

HOWARD DGA-15 · N5450N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY HILL

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

100° / 8 kt

Temp

91° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001815

Total time

1,150 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,300

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PORTIONS RUSTED INDICATED A PREVIOUS BREAK.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN LDG GR CENTER TIE STRUT PULLED OPEN.BOTH

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2489. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2489.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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