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FTW65A0069

1965-01-08 · TULSA, Oklahoma, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CONVAIR CV-240 · N74850
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
TULSA INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
200° / 16 kt
Temp
63° F

Aircraft history

Total time
31,554 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,614
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MED THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM.

Investigator remarks

RT MLG UPLATCH CABLE BROKE AND SWAGE FITTING JAM

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
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CD J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0002. Source file NTSB_1965_1_0002.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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