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FTW80FPG15

1980-03-04 · LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A90 · N380M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
ADAMS FIELD
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
240° / 6 kt
Temp
59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000LJ218
Total time
7,249 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,420
Age
35

Investigator remarks

NOSE GEAR SPROCKET BOLT,PN AN4-15AM,FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CN A
    AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0127. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0127.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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