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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DVA61

1978-07-21 CHOWCHILLA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1730B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING E75N1

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A126AC

Registrant of record

PEMBERTON RYAN A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1730B Boeing A75 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

BOEING A75 · N1730B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PODS STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-2421

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,085

Age

39

Investigator remarks

RIGHT MAIN GEAR SCISSOR FAILED.

Cause factors

70/C/CA C
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1603. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1603.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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