NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FKJ36
Registry · N6154S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LANCAIR LEGACY
Year of manufacture
2014
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20140421
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80446
Registrant of record
SCHREIBER STEPHEN
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
AIR & SPACE 18A · N6154S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
MADISON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 8 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000018-65
Total time
550 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
36
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.
Investigator remarks
RAISED NOSE & BGN HI RATE OF DSCNT DRG LNDG APCH
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/18 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. 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 2038.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2038.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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