NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76AC006
Registry · N78378
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN T-28C
Year of manufacture
1957 · 18 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R-1820 SER (1475 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20011016
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA9F19
Registrant of record
BARTON AVIATION 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
AERO COMDR 500A · N78378
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00500A126386
Total time
3,017 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
459
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DENT LOG HAD 2 PREV DUAL FLTS, ONE BY A CFI.
Investigator remarks
ACFT OBSVD TO ENTER STALL FOLLOWED BY A SPIN.STU
Cause factors
- 66/A/23 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3590.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3590.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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