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OAK76FVA41

1976-02-19 · FRESNO, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N274T has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 180H, built 1972), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A200 · N274T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
FRESNO AIR TERM
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
340° / 9 kt
Temp
51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000BB99
Total time
237 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,122
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UBE ASSEMBLY.GEAR EXTENSION IMPOSSIBLE.

Investigator remarks

NUT LOST ON TAPER PIN WHICH FELL OUT OF TORQUE T

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CB A
    AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CC A
    AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/29 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/27 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0147. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0147.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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