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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72DPG23

1971-08-16 PARKIN, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1725S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 600 S-2D

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670502

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A123B3

Registrant of record

SCHWEND BRIAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1725S 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 · N1725S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

AAA FLYING SERV

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000600-1325D

Total time

1,510 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,000

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NS BORDERED STRIP. HIT FENCE AND TREE.

Investigator remarks

R BRAKE ROD FAILED DUE HEAVY BRAKING. OBSTRUCTIO

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 1573. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1573.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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