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MIA74D5T43

1973-12-18 · FT LAUDERDALE, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MAULE M4-220 · N2034U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FT LAUDERDALE INT
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
030° / 12 kt
Temp
64° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000002022C
Total time
420 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
366
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WING DMGD.

Investigator remarks

FUSELAGE BUCKLED AT R LDG GR ATTACH POINT,GR AND

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3990. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3990.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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