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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FGM41

1978-07-07 BEAVER FALLS, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N280MB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 500-S

Year of manufacture

1975 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19930706

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2CF10

Registrant of record

WEBER DONALD E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N280MB AERO COMDR 500S 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

AERO COMDR 500S · N280MB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BEAVER COUNTY

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003255

Total time

1,160 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,530

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CKED DURING LOW PASSES OVER FIELD.

Investigator remarks

GROUND OBSERVERS TOLD PILOT HIS NOSEWHEEL WAS LO

Cause factors

70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/K2 J
PERSONNEL SPECTATOR Joint cause

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 2707. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2707.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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