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LAX72DVA08

1971-07-31 · BUTTONWILLW, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FAIRCHILD M-62 · N51329
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
DRY LAKE STRIP
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000T42-3265
Total time
2,199 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,000
Age
32

Investigator remarks

ATTACHING BOLTS FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CA A
    AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2960. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2960.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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