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MIA66F0162

1965-08-17 · AYDEN, North Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CONVAIR L-13A · N2531B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BROWNS STRIP
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F

Aircraft history

Total time
223 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,840
Age
50

Investigator remarks

TAIL WHEEL YOKE FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CD C
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2178. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2178.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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