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NYC76AN117

1976-07-27 · BEDFORD, Massachusetts, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N12 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH C90GTI, built 2009), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 65 · N12
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
G
Airport
LG HANSCOM
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
240° / 8 kt
Temp
86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000000L6
Total time
8,372 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,698
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-R SEAT RELUCTANT COPE WITH EMGCY FM THIS PSN

Investigator remarks

#3 COUNTER WT HANGER FAILED.LNDD OFF END OF RWY.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AB C
    POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
  • 64/B/20 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 84/B/J B
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2363. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2363.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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