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MIA72FLD05

1971-08-01 · LAKE WALES, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N233 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 150H, built 1968), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CAMAIR 480 · N233
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
LAKE WALES
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000001-069
Total time
1,920 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ME BOLT HOLES EXCESSIVELY WORN.

Investigator remarks

NOSE GR ACTUATING CYL BOLT HOLES,AND SUPPORT FRA

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BP A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELONGATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/AH J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4508. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4508.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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