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MIA71FLD56

1971-04-01 · LEESBURG, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY 20F · N2911L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
LEESBURG ARPT
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000670305
Total time
1,789 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
362
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INTO LOCKING PSN.

Investigator remarks

BORE OF LDG GR LOCK WORN SO GRIP COULD NOT SLIDE

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CN A
    AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BQ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1080. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1080.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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