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MIA75IM088

1975-06-16 · KEY WEST, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MARTIN 404 · N40425
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Airport
KEY WEST INTL
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
150° / 10 kt
Temp
86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000014131
Total time
27,977 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,500
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OWED SLUGGISH OPERATION OF ENG FIRE EXT SYST.

Investigator remarks

NR2 ENG HYD PRESS LINE RUPTURED.POST FLT TEST SH

Cause factors

  • 75/A/BD A
    SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/J/HA J
    SYSTEMS POWERPLANT Joint cause
  • 88/J/BR J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Joint cause
  • 88/J/51 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0011. Source file NTSB_1975_5_0011.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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