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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUK03

1976-08-12 GILA BEND, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4529

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57D1D

Registrant of record

WNY AERIAL AG LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4529 Grumman G-164A 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

GRUMMAN G-164A · N4529

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DD

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001051

Total time

2,245 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

14,500

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RIVER BED.NR 1 CYL CRACKED.

Investigator remarks

FORCED LNDG ON UNSUITABLE TERRAIN,GILA RIVER DRY

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
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 2430. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2430.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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