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FTW72DRG03

1971-07-05 · SAN ANTONIO, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N7970

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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