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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA70FKG27

1970-04-30 WOODSTOCK, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5508M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7ECA

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780911

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A702E7

Registrant of record

LINDVIG THOMAS H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5508M AERO COMDR 200-D 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

AERO COMDR 200-D · N5508M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000379

Total time

733 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,880

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING LDG ON ROAD.

Investigator remarks

NR 2 CONROD FAILED. PLT DELAYED GR EXTENSION DUR

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED

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 4610. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4610.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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