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LAX74FUN47

1974-03-24 · PHOENIX, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N67458

Make / Model
HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P
Year of manufacture
1920 · 54 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19551118
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8EDBC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HOWARD DGA-15 · N67458
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
GILA RESERVATION
Kind of flying
DG

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001774
Total time
1,227 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,000
Age
61

Investigator remarks

R BRAKE MASTER CYL CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP.

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CJ C
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
  • 88/C/CD C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0618. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0618.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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