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MIA76DLA52

1976-05-26 · GAINESVILLE, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MAULE M4-220 · N2018U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
GAINESVILLE MUNI
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002013
Total time
1,181 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,062
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING RETAINING CLIP BROKEN.

Investigator remarks

L TAIL WHEEL SPRING MISSING AND L TAIL WHEEL SPR

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 70/L/CD L
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
  • 80/K/BF K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor
  • 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 2477. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2477.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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