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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79FUJ94

1979-07-24 SHOW LOW, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N555BG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 525

Engine

WILLIAMS FJ44-1A

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20121205

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7121E

Registrant of record

N & E AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N555BG Cessna T210M Minor

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

CESSNA T210M · N555BG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHOW LOW

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021061907

Total time

380 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,817

Age

47

Investigator remarks

#5 ROD BOLTS,CRANKSHAFT FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 1971. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1971.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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