NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75DEM23
Registry · N20TD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STODDARD HAMILTON GLASAIR II S TD
Year of manufacture
2012
Engine
FRANKLIN 6A-350-C1 (220 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20260310
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A19157
Registrant of record
BAVUSO ANTONIO J
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
BEECH A23-19 · N20TD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
CHERRY CAPITAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
180° / 12 kt
Temp
46° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000MB-217
Total time
3,042 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
425
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PTD DIFFICULTY SETTING DG DUE TURBC.
Investigator remarks
HIT TALL TREES ABT 3 MI E OF ARPT,LOC APCH.PLT R
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/01 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 1664.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1664.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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