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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FHA08

1980-03-06 AVOCA, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N632Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH D-50

Engine

LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19560824

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A84769

Registrant of record

READY AIM FLYER LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N632Z Beech D50 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

BEECH D50 · N632Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WILKES-BARRE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 6 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000DH-13

Total time

6,570 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,800

Age

56

Investigator remarks

R BRAKE HAD TO BE PUMPED TWICE TO FUNCTION.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
70/L/CJ L
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/L/BQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY

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 0904. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0904.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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