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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FPJ18

1970-09-28 NORMAN, Oklahoma, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1123V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36

Year of manufacture

1997

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19970324

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A03676

Registrant of record

LIZARRAGA TONY CLAUDE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1123V AERO COMDR 680V 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

AERO COMDR 680V · N1123V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

K

Airport

MAX WESTHEIMER

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001713-87

Total time

959 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,004

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ALVES RIGGED SENS,SOFT ENG MOUNTS.BRAKE PUCKS WORN

Investigator remarks

SVC BUL NR97,RELCTN FUEL SHTOF VALVE BRCKT,NCW.V

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
70/B/CJ B
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/B/44 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE

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 4034. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4034.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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