NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN78FQA17
Registry · N4KJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10
Year of manufacture
2018
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180924
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A8D9
Registrant of record
CASHWELL KENNETH E JR
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
ACRODUSTER TOO · N4KJ
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000087
Total time
3 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,086
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IDLE FOR 2YRS,NOT PICKLED.ELEVATOR WELD BROKE.
Investigator remarks
ROD CAP BOLT CAME LOOSE DAMAGING CYLINDER.ENGINE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D0 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/AC C POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
- 88/C/AV C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
- 70/B/D0 B AIRFRAME ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS
- 88/B/BM B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED
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 2544.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2544.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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