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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FLJ14

1979-08-19 MERRITT, North Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3532Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD SA227-DC

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

GARRETT TPE331-12UHR (1100 hp)

Seats / Engines

25 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20170727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3F29F

Registrant of record

NEW MOUNTAIN AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3532Q Cessna A188 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

CESSNA A188 · N3532Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000188-0482

Total time

2,135 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,100

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HE RETAINING NUTS NOT FOUND. LOCKPLATE IMP INSTLD.

Investigator remarks

IDLER GEAR SUPPORT PIN SEPARATED DURING FLIGHT,T

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
83/K/D K
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor

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 3415. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3415.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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