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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCG28

1975-10-16 WHITEMAN AFB, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12NP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL OH-58

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05293

Registrant of record

CITY OF NEWARK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12NP Cessna 310A 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 310A · N12NP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

L

Airport

WHITMAN AFB

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000310-38045

Total time

7,184 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

379

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LT AN 175-16 CONNECTING TORQUE LINKS MISSING.

Investigator remarks

WASHER P/N 0841000-70 INSTALLED UNDER HEAD OF RO

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/90 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING 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 2935. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2935.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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