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IAD78IA091

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

N23ST has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH 200, built 1978), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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