NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW72DRG03
Registry · N7970
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO GXE
Year of manufacture
1929 · 42 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT CURTISS OX5 (90 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710609
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAD45E
Registrant of record
TEXAS AIR MUSEUM INC
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
WACO GXE · N7970
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
STINSON FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001801
Total time
1,012 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,251
Age
50
Investigator remarks
L LNDG GR AXLE FAILED.
Cause factors
- 70/A/CF A AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 2585.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2585.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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