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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FRA32

1970-12-01 KATY, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N344AA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV

Year of manufacture

1992

Engine

ROLLS-ROYC MK511-14 (11400 hp)

Seats / Engines

22 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19981028

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3CC2B

Registrant of record

ABSOLUTAMENTE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N344AA Snow 600S2D 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

SNOW 600S2D · N344AA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BOLLINGER

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 8 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000600-1393D

Total time

915 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

11,000

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TTLE ARM CAME LOOSE AT UNDETERMINED TIME.

Investigator remarks

BOLT THAT ATTACHES THROTTLE ROD END TO CARB THRO

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 4251. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4251.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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