NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FEP68
Registry · N6543L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LIFE LAWRENCE D MINI SPORT
Engine
ROTAX 503 SERIES (52 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070726
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A89E62
Registrant of record
LIFE LAURENCE D
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 AA1 · N6543L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
LAKE LAWN LODGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
270° / 18 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000478330
Total time
215 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,638
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WING DWN.LOW FUEL R WING.1 1/3 GAL DRAINED.
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTING 30K.PLT CORRECTED FOR XWIND WITH R
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 2955.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2955.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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