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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71FCA18

1970-11-05 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2551G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182B

Year of manufacture

1959 · 11 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19941206

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A26C93

Registrant of record

DAUM COLE C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2551G Cessna 182B 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 182B · N2551G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

ARROWHEAD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000051851

Total time

1,315 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

150

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RING 3 FLTS PRIOR. AXLE BOLT,FORK BOLT NOT FOUND.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED. PLT REMOVED NOSE WHEEL FAI

Cause factors

70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/90 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 4124. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4124.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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