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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75FUJ69

1975-03-21 PHOENIX, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6199X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 76

Year of manufacture

1982

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19820118

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A813D6

Registrant of record

H&S AVIATION LLC

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

AERO COMDR 680F · N6199X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKY HARBOR MUNI

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 9 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001020-49

Total time

1,550 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,562

Age

39

Investigator remarks

HYD LINE TO R GR CHAFFED,RUPTURED.

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/BD A
    SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/98 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/38 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/27 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY 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 0552. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0552.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.