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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUJ18

1979-11-12 BULLHEAD CITY, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9009D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1958 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580623

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC72C3

Registrant of record

ABBE THOMAS E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9009D Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N9009D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MINING STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-6144

Total time

3,169 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,000

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

COLLAPSE.CONV GEAR INSTALLED IAW STC-SA 45RM.

Investigator remarks

IMPROPER WELD FAILED ALLOWING LEFT MAIN GEAR TO

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AG A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2859. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2859.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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