NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76FEE61
Registry · N78379
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERO COMMANDER 500-A
Year of manufacture
1962 · 14 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19621121
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA9F1A
Registrant of record
BOTTRELL JOHN E II
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 · N78379
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
D
Airport
DEKALB MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000001265-88
Total time
4,201 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,827
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FEEL RIGHT.PLT STATED NO REST OR SLEEP LAST 24 HR.
Investigator remarks
PLT RPTD TKOF ABORTED BECAUSE SOMETHING DID NOT
Cause factors
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 1518.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1518.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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