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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76AF056

1976-01-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80BA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLASAIR GS-2 SPORTSMAN

Year of manufacture

2009

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1F6 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20201003

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADF9E

Registrant of record

DELCAMBRE WILLARD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N80BA Douglas DC-3A 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

DOUGLAS DC-3A · N80BA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CORPUS CHRISTI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

050° / 13 kt

Temp

46° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002259

Total time

49,488 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

18,000

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EPAIR.GR EXTENSION OUT OF SEQUENCE,DIDNT LOCK DWN.

Investigator remarks

LOST OIL L ENG.PUSH ROD TUBE FAILED DUE UNAUTH R

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/AF C
POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/AD C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/K/03 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint factor
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor

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 0071. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0071.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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