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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVA36

1981-04-22 FRESNO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4346Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

JOHNSON ROBERT L QUICKSILVER MXL II

Engine

HIRTH 3203 (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20061122

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5353C

Registrant of record

MILLER JOSEPH A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4346Z Piper PA-18 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

PIPER PA-18 · N4346Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Business

Airport

FRESNO CHANDLER

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-8664

Total time

14,534 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

12,000

Age

57

Investigator remarks

STRUT ASSY ROD,PN 12844-04,FAILED.

Cause factors

70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. 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 3 0626. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0626.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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