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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DCA76AZ020

1976-02-08 VAN NUYS, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N901MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA 46-350P

Year of manufacture

2000

TCDS

A25SO · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20000712

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC73F7

Registrant of record

WINGS OF BER LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N901MA Douglas DC-6 Fatal

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-6 · N901MA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Airport

VAN NUYS

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

130° / 4 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000036326

Total time

10,280 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

10,558

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.ABORTED LDG ATMT BUR,UN MAINTAIN FLT.

Investigator remarks

FATIGUE,NR1 BLADE,NR3 ENG.BLADE SEVERED FUSELAGE

Cause factors

68/C/D4 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/B/48 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
88/K/49 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint factor
88/K/38 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/44 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE Joint factor
82/K/B K
WEATHER RAIN Joint factor

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 0015. Source file NTSB_1976_1_0015.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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