NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX73AL043
Registry · N320MC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
Year of manufacture
1987
Engine
GARRETT TPE331-11U (1000 hp)
Seats / Engines
12 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20130417
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A36F66
Registrant of record
MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICE INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
HAM-FLUGZEU HFB320 · N320MC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
SKY HARBOR INTL
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001034
Total time
1,900 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,672
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
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 0523.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0523.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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