NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEC19
Registry · N14AA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHLEICHER AS-K13
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700713
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0A058
Registrant of record
MCCARTER GROUP LLC
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
SCHLEICHER AS-K13 · N14AA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
LENAWEE CO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Temp
57° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000013214
Total time
470 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
21
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T AT CTLS DURING RELEASE FRM TOW PLANE.
Investigator remarks
SPOILERS DEPLOYED.INSTRUCTOR PLT/PAX IN REAR SEA
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/A/20 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 3136.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3136.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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