NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEI47
Registry · N9561L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5
Year of manufacture
1974 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19741023
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD4D77
Registrant of record
WALTER TERRANCE A
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
GRUM AMER AA-5 · N9561L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
WADSWORTH MUNI
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
160° / 6 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA5-0661
Total time
214 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,058
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ABT 90FT SHORT OF RWY.
Investigator remarks
IP THOUGHT ACFT FLOAT WOULD CARRY OVR TO RWY.T/D
Cause factors
- 66/C/48 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
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 1772.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1772.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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