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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD75FIG20

1975-05-11 GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9433

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FLEET 7

Engine

KINNER B5 SERIES (125 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730530

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD1B0E

Registrant of record

GODBEHERE JOHN S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

FLEET 7 · N9433

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MONTGOMERY CO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

190° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000081

Total time

2,061 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

650

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HRUST PLATE TO CASTERING AXIS DOWL PINS SHEARED.

Investigator remarks

PLT APLD BRAKES ABRUPTLY.TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY,3 T

Cause factors

  • 64/A/22 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/82 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/J/CD J
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Joint cause
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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 1183. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1183.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.