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MIA73AM093

1973-03-17 · PENSACOLA, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N11ST has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SONEX AIRCRAFT SONEX, built 2009), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED L-382G · N11ST
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
NAS PENSACOLA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000004384
Total time
8,415 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
18,500
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED IAW SERV BULLETIN.

Investigator remarks

STRESS CORROSION-NOSE GR CYLINDER.PITS NOT REMOV

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/36 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0006. Source file NTSB_1973_1_0006.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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