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MKC81FCG41

1981-06-21 · KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
TRAVEL AIR D4D · N434P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
FAIRFAX MUNI
Kind of flying
DD

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000515
Total time
2,041 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,550
Age
22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NECTED.

Investigator remarks

TAIL WHEEL STEERING LINKAGE ON RIGHT SIDE DISCON

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CD C
    AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/BM C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1087. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1087.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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