NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76AN017
Registry · N73TX
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LC-40-550FG
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20011227
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9CA71
Registrant of record
SEE ROBERT W
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
BEDE BD4 · N73TX
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BD447
Total time
170 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
500
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NBUCKLE AFT TERM DISCONNECTED HELD BY SAFETY WIRE.
Investigator remarks
CARB GASKET P/N 16-A31 DETERIORATED.R RUDDER TUR
Cause factors
- 68/C/D1 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/CG C POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
- 88/C/BL C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 70/K/D1 K AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Joint factor
- 88/K/29 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Joint factor
- 88/K/BM K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 3313.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3313.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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