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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72FUG20

1971-10-02 CHINO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1004D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-7-260

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0079C

Registrant of record

GIEZEN JURGEN J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1004D Cessna 195A 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 195A · N1004D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

CHINO

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000007612

Total time

1,837 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,500

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SED.WIND CALM.

Investigator remarks

TAIL WHEEL STEERING NOT AVBL,STEERING ARMS REVER

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
70/C/CD C
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1950. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1950.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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