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FTW81DQA11

1980-12-18 · AZTEC, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N924W has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2001), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 18S · N924W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
AZTEC MUNI
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000008A-35

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Age
30

Investigator remarks

L BRAKE PUCK WORN,LODGED AGAINST WHL ROTOR DISK.

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 70/C/CJ C
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
  • 88/C/BQ C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
  • 88/C/CD C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3344. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3344.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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