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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71DCQ06

1970-07-25 LINCOLN, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5560T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172E

Year of manufacture

1964 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640401

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7181F

Registrant of record

THOMAS BRIAN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5560T Cessna 172E 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 172E · N5560T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

LINCOLN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-51460

Total time

1,246 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

413

Age

44

Investigator remarks

PLT EXPERIENCED NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY BFR GR BROKE.

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3368. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3368.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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