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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEP55

1973-05-09 BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55KM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6FDFF

Registrant of record

HEBERLING MICHAEL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55KM Cessna 310C 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

CESSNA 310C · N55KM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BURLINGTON

Kind of flying

A2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

260° / 14 kt

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035848

Total time

2,897 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

942

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.AN173-13 SHIMMY DAMP ATACH BOLT BKN,LACK OF LUBE.

Investigator remarks

DRAG LEG ARM P/N 0842000-3 BKN NOSE GR MOVED FWD

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/80 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM 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 1263. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1263.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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