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OAK7MDJA03

1976-12-16 · KEAAU, Hawaii, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N306MA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10, built 2007), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MURRAYAIR MA-1 · N306MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DN
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
Z
Total time
3,321 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ATED CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY OF IMPELLER SHAFT.

Investigator remarks

IMPELLER SHAFT BALL BEARING ASSEMBLIES DISINTEGR

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AG C
    POWERPLANT BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 83/K/D K
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3941. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3941.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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