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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73DRJ28

1973-03-07 MANGHAM, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N49954 Boeing A75 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

BOEING A75 · N49954

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

RUSSEL AG STRIP

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000753176

Total time

2,210 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,552

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON BRAKE LINING.PRACTICE SWATH RUNS,TANK EMPTY.

Investigator remarks

RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED DURG LANDING ROLL. OIL FOUND

Cause factors

70/A/CJ A
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/G A
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AI A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BRAKES FROZEN 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 0380. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0380.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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