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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FKG04

1978-10-15 CHAMBLEE, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53620

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 337G

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19760929

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C96E

Registrant of record

MICREN DESIGN LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53620 Cessna 337G None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CESSNA 337G · N53620

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

DEKALB-PEACHTREE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000033701741

Total time

572 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

388

Age

57

Investigator remarks

NOSE GEAR FORK AND WHEEL FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/FG C
POWERPLANT GOVERNORS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3005. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3005.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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