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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2678

1964-07-06 EL MONTE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7898C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH T-34A

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580814

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAB568

Registrant of record

ESKILDSEN G BRUCE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7898C BEECHCRAFT A45 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

BEECHCRAFT A45 · N7898C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

L

Airport

EL MONTE

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

3,986 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,082

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ATTACH POINT TO GEAR RETRACT IDLER ARM ASSEMBLY.

Investigator remarks

NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD PLUNGER ASSEMBLY FAILED AT

Cause factors

70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1956. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1956.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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