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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X0679

1964-11-12 DETROIT, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N454T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH B-55

Year of manufacture

1977

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A582A1

Registrant of record

DAVISON ROBERT E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N454T Canadair CL-44 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

CANADAIR CL-44 · N454T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

METRO.WAYNE CO.

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 15 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Total time

8,476 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

5001,S/N 13 FAILED.

Investigator remarks

LEFT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK ACTUATOR CYLINDER P/N 28-7

Cause factors

70/A/CB A
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/36 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE 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 1 0061. Source file NTSB_1964_1_0061.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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