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CHI76AC046

1976-01-27 · MARION, Indiana, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N30RP has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36, built 1982), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-1159 · N30RP
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
MARION MUNI
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
13° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000113
Total time
2,080 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,000
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UNIT FROZE WITH BUILT IN TURN.

Investigator remarks

NOSEWHEEL STEERING CABLES FROZEN NOSEWHEEL STEER

Cause factors

  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
  • 70/C/CP C
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause
  • 88/C/89 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FROZEN, MOISTURE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1376. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1376.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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