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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78IA091

1978-08-10 DOVER, Delaware, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N23ST

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 200

Year of manufacture

1978 · 0 years old at event

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19780524

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A207C9

Registrant of record

GREENSKY AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N23ST Lockheed L-382G 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

LOCKHEED L-382G · N23ST

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

DOVER AFB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004301

Total time

27,259 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AREA WITH FINGERTIP PRESSURE ONLY.

Investigator remarks

MLG LOCKING BOLT ROTATED THROUGH ENTIRE THREADED

Cause factors

68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CB A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED 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 4 0006. Source file NTSB_1978_4_0006.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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