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FTW81IA057

1981-03-26 · MIDLAND, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N101CA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 425), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DOUGLAS DC3A · N101CA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
MIDLAND AIRPARK
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
190° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000020698
Total time
16,098 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,666
Age
40

Investigator remarks

MECHANIC RPRTD MASTER ROD BEARING FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 74/A/AC A
    POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS 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 5 0018. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0018.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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