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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN66D0352

1966-05-20 WILCOX, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3331K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLOBE GC-1B

Year of manufacture

1946 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES (125 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560811

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A379

Registrant of record

WRIGHT WAYNE M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3331K SWIFT GC1B 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

SWIFT GC1B · N3331K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

COCHISE COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Total time

947 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

467

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E FAILED.

Investigator remarks

HYDRAULIC PUMP MOTOR FAILED AND GEAR MANUAL CABL

Cause factors

70/A/CB A
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CC A
AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/AK A
SYSTEMS MOTORS 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 1302. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1302.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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