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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FQD23

1976-05-01 EL PASO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65345

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON VULTEE V-77

Year of manufacture

1944 · 32 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680-4P-B4 (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721215

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A89AE1

Registrant of record

GREENE GARY F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N65345 Stinson V-77 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

STINSON V-77 · N65345

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKYSPORT

Kind of flying

DG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000077-361

Total time

1,805 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

17,468

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TTING.

Investigator remarks

HIT DIRT MOUND NR RWY. L BRAKE LINE LEAKED AT FI

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
70/L/CJ L
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/L/AJ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE

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 0958. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0958.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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