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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79FTI08

1979-02-26 MISSOULA, Montana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N64211

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180K

Year of manufacture

1977 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770622

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A86F3E

Registrant of record

MILLER PAUL F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N64211 Cessna 180K 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

CESSNA 180K · N64211

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

JOHNSON-BELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018052881

Total time

261 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

8,684

Age

49

Investigator remarks

R RUDDER CABLE LEFT PULLEY & JAMMED.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
75/C/CE C
SYSTEMS RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
88/C/CD C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0295. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0295.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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