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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DQA11

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

Registry · N924W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2001

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010629

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACCEFA

Registrant of record

OCEAN ISLE AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N924W Beech 18S 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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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