NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FKG43
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
GULF AMER AA-5A · N26748
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SAVANNAH MUNI
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
290° / 6 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA5A0689
Total time
1,114 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
230
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WTR IN CARB AFT ACDNT.TURNED BACK TWD ARPT,TREES.
Investigator remarks
DRAINED WTR FM TNKS AFT ACFT PURCHASED.NRLY 1 0Z
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/87 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
- 84/K/7 K MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 2069.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2069.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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