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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76AC029

1975-09-24 CLEVELAND, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3549H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

Year of manufacture

2001

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A (235 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010925

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3F744

Registrant of record

SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3549H Douglas DC-6B 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

DOUGLAS DC-6B · N3549H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

CLEVELAND-HOPKINS

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

040° / 13 kt

Temp

52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000043549

Total time

44,151 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,000

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOSE GEAR ASBLY.CAUSE OF FINAL FRACTURE NOT DETRMD

Investigator remarks

SMALL AREA OF FATIGUE IN CORNER RADIUS OF REWRKD

Cause factors

70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES 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 1 0042. Source file NTSB_1975_1_0042.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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