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FTW75FPG24

1974-10-12 · BRINKLEY, Arkansas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4352G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-161, built 1984), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4352G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A2
Operator type
Business
Airport
FRANK FEDERER MEM
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000062
Total time
165 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,285
Age
36

Investigator remarks

PIC NOT ROTORCRAFT RATED.PRE-ROTATOR BELT FAILED

Cause factors

  • 78/C/BF C
    ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 64/B/02 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3352. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3352.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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