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OAK72FXQ27

1972-04-01 · RENO, Nevada, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N4444

Make / Model
SPARTAN 7W
Year of manufacture
1939 · 33 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560715
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A55C5D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SPARTAN 7W · N4444
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
RENO INTERNATIONL
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
080° / 8 kt
Temp
49° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000018
Total time
2,589 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
998
Age
40

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0981. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0981.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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