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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2357

1964-06-18 MONROE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1378K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LUSCOMBE 8A

Year of manufacture

1946 · 18 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19541007

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A098AC

Registrant of record

HEBRON JEFFREY N

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

LUSCOMBE 8A · N1378K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

HUENFIELD STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

2,066 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

C3 (C3)

Total hours

15,000

Age

422

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PWR PLT-OIL PRESS RELIEF VALVE STUCK OPEN.

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D1 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
  • 68/C/D5 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
  • 84/C/J C
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
  • 88/C/AR C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
  • 88/C/83 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL CONTAMINATION 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 1704. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1704.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.