NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW70AF079
Registry · N500T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SOCATA TB 10
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860617
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A63B99
Registrant of record
MCCONNELL HAROLD L
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
VICKERS 810 · N500T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
ESLER
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 12 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000320
Total time
7,157 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
12,000
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D NOSE LEG TO FORCE LOCKING PLUNGER TO DISENGAGE.
Investigator remarks
NOSE GR DOWNLOCK SOCKET EXCESSIVELY WORN. ALLOWE
Cause factors
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/98 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 1363.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1363.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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