NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK65X0495
Registry · N618Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RANS S-16 SHEKARI
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80EB5
Registrant of record
HARMS DAVID E
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
CURTIS C-46F · N618Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Airport
GREATER PITTSBRG
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
330° / 13 kt
Temp
46° F
Aircraft history
Total time
17,949 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,692
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LDG GR-R.MAIN GR NOT LOCKED DOWN,REASON UNDETERMND
Investigator remarks
NO.2 ENG NOSECASE THRUST BRG FAILED.GR IND DOWN.
Cause factors
- 74/A/AA A POWERPLANT CRANKCASE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/B/J B MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE
- 70/K/CL K AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint factor
- 70/K/CN K AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Joint factor
- 88/K/95 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint factor
- 75/K/BD K SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Joint factor
- 88/K/AJ K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE 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
1 0073.
Source file
NTSB_1964_1_0073.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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