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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75FRD22

1974-12-23 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N99JG AERO COMDR 500-B 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

AERO COMDR 500-B · N99JG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LAKEFRONT

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001397443

Total time

3,690 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

2,833

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PTY RESERVOIR. HIT FENCE,TREE & CAR.

Investigator remarks

BRAKE LINING WORN,ALLOWED HYD FLUID TO LEAK & EM

Cause factors

70/A/CJ A
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AJ A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BQ A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 4046. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4046.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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