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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X0409

1964-01-31 LEWISTON, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8293C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600825

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB550E

Registrant of record

MCCHARGUE ROBERT W II

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8293C Piper PA18 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 PA18 · N8293C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Pilot

Certificate

G7 (G7)

Total hours

90,000

Age

544

Investigator remarks

RUDDER CABLE ATTACHMENT FITTING LUG FAILED.

Cause factors

75/A/CY A
SYSTEMS OTHER 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 0386. Source file NTSB_1964_3_0386.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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