NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FKQ07
Registry · N27424
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRPLANE FACTORY INC SLING TSI
Year of manufacture
2025
Engine
ROTAX 916 IS (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20251120
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B813
Registrant of record
BROUGH BRIAN M
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
TAYLORCRAFT DL-65 · N27424
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
100° / 13 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002066
Total time
2,810 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,510
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CARB RESULTED IN LEAN MIXTURE & FUEL STARVATION.
Investigator remarks
CRIMP IN PLASTIC FUEL LINE BETWEEN GASCOLATOR &
Cause factors
- 74/C/CB C POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
- 88/C/CJ C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PINCHED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 0428.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0428.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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