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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71A0033

1970-11-14 LEXINGTON, Kentucky, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N100RC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EMBRAER EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT INC EMB-505

Year of manufacture

2022

Engine

P&W CANADA PW535E1

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20220603

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0062E

Registrant of record

RYDELL CO

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

AERO COMDR 1121 · N100RC

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EK

Operator type

Business

Airport

BLUE GRASS

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

060

Total time

1,716 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,859

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N ROLLED TO OPPOSITE DIRECTION BEFORE IMPACT.

Investigator remarks

OBS SAW ACFT IN STEEP R BANK DESCENDING.ACFT THE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/66 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint 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 2766. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2766.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.