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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FVA22

1975-10-14 LOS BANOS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N936T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 35-33

Year of manufacture

1960 · 15 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACFD9C

Registrant of record

MIRASOL VENTURES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N936T Beech 35-33 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 35-33 · N936T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

LOS BANOS MUNI.

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000CD145

Total time

2,638 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S SINCE ANNUAL.

Investigator remarks

HEIM ROD END ON NOSE GR RETRACT ROD FAILED. 23HR

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/47 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2993. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2993.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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