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IAD76II036

1975-11-25 · NEW CASTLE, Delaware, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-159 · N80AC
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREATER WILMINGTO
Kind of flying
A2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000153

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOT RELEASE.

Investigator remarks

UPLOCK ATTACH NUT AND BOLT MISSING. UPLOCK WOULD

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
  • 70/A/CM A
    AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 0045. Source file NTSB_1975_5_0045.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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