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MIA78IA032

1978-01-18 · MIAMI, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N8126N has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH F33A, built 1991), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING 727-25 · N8126N
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
MIAMI INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
060° / 4 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000018277
Total time
39,278 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,182
Age
52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SHAFT JOURNAL NEXT TO NOSE L/G LOCK CRANK ASSBY.

Investigator remarks

PREEXISTING STRESS CORROSION AT TORSION BEARING

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CC A
    AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/36 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0003. Source file NTSB_1978_4_0003.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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