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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FQA09

1978-12-03 TAOS, New Mexico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8710G Cessna 421 Minor

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

CESSNA 421 · N8710G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

TAOS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000324

Total time

177 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,261

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENGTHEN NOSEGEAR ASSEMBLY.

Investigator remarks

CESSNA SERVICE BULLETIN NOT COMPLIED WITH TO STR

Cause factors

68/A/D1 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3 4449. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4449.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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