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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68F0197

1967-09-19 LITITZ, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7707M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M22

Year of manufacture

1967 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-541 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670802

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA6C60

Registrant of record

JILEK DOMINIC A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

MOONEY M-22 · N7707M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LANCASTER

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

47 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

12,000

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IMPROPERLY MACHINED OPENING IN TUBE.

Investigator remarks

NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE SEPARATED. FAILURE DUE TO

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/94 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/J0 A
    PERSONNEL SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL 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 3432. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3432.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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