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NYC80IA073

1980-08-19 · FLUSHING, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FAIRCHILD F-27 · N112TA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
LA GUARDIA
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z
Total time
14,875 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
13,000
Age
50

Investigator remarks

R INBOARD WHL SEPD.

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CF A
    AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/29 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/49 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0045. Source file NTSB_1980_5_0045.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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