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IAD71II047

1971-04-05 · WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N245P has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2004), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NIHON YS-11A · N245P
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
SMITH REYNOLDS

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
19,210
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HEARED ALLOWED DOORS TO CLOSE WITH GR UP.

Investigator remarks

UN LOWER L MLG.BOLTS OF L GR DOOR ACTUATOR BAR S

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CC A
    AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/CD A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/DG A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/27 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0017. Source file NTSB_1971_4_0017.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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