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LAX72FUQ57

1972-01-05 · VAN NUYS, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4306G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
VAN NUYS
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 15 kt
Temp
48° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000016
Total time
111 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,180
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF CTL LEVER P/N 2766.PLT UN CTL RATE OF DESCENT.

Investigator remarks

M/R RPM DECAYED FROM INCREASED PITCH DUE FAILURE

Cause factors

  • 78/C/C1 C
    ROTORCRAFT COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
  • 88/C/BQ C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0024. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0024.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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