NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73FEP06
Registry · N732W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8
Year of manufacture
2009
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-B1A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20090604
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9D46D
Registrant of record
ASHER MITCHELL J
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
SIAI-MARCHE 20522R · N732W
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
DODGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000004-132
Total time
589 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CENTER POS.
Investigator remarks
R GR CTL ROD BENT,WOULDNT ALLOW GR TO LOCK OVER
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AZ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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
5 0029.
Source file
NTSB_1972_5_0029.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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