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MIA78FKT38

1978-03-24 · HOLLYWOOD, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH C45G · N161U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
120° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000051-11889
Total time
4,136 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,797
Age
48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

Investigator remarks

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER TO LOCKED POSITION

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AC C
    POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 70/B/CY B
    AIRFRAME OTHER
  • 88/K/88 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1105. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1105.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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