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LAX71FUQ61

1971-02-26 · LANCASTER, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4304G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (KRUSE RICHARD A GLASAIR I FT, built 1998), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOCH J2 · N4304G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EG
Operator type
K
Airport
JW FOX
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000014
Total time
3 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,470
Age
34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EVICE.

Investigator remarks

DESIGN DEFICIENCY IN NOSE WHEEL SELF CENTERING D

Cause factors

  • 68/C/J2 C
    PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
  • 70/C/CE C
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0613. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0613.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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