NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76FVA41
Registry · N274T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 180H
Year of manufacture
1972 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19991028
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B701
Registrant of record
LUSSIER IAN
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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