NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC66F0166
Registry · N9813C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19581201
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADB19F
Registrant of record
PHILLIPS ALLEN K
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
NO AMERICAN SNJ-5 · N9813C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
PITT-WILKINS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 15 kt
Temp
87° F
Aircraft history
Total time
4,307 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,005
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TION OF BRAKES
Investigator remarks
LEFT RUDDER CABLE FAILED PRECLUDING PROPER OPERA
Cause factors
- 75/C/CE C SYSTEMS RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/36 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
- 88/C/55 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
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 2237.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_2237.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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