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MIA73DLD73

1973-04-22 · LAKELAND, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N391H

Make / Model
BEECH J50
Year of manufacture
1962 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING GSO&IGSO-480 (340 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4872F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH J50 · N391H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAKELAND MUN
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
135° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000JH-164
Total time
2,887 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,000
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G SYS DID NOT COME BACK.GR EXTDD MANUALLY.

Investigator remarks

PLT DETECTED LOSS OF ELEC PWR SWITCHED TO ALT RE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/39 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/33 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
  • 75/J/AI J
    SYSTEMS REGULATOR Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1718. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1718.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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