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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DQD12

1979-06-20 EL PASO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55971

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790531

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A72441

Registrant of record

FIRKINS TODD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55971 Boeing A75N-1 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 A75N-1 · N55971

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

EL PASO INTL

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-4561

Total time

225 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

655

Age

55

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1705. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1705.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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