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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81IA057

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

Registry · N101CA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 425

Seats / Engines

12 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19860519

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0089E

Registrant of record

NORTON ENERGY DRILLING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N101CA Douglas DC3A 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

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

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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