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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77DEP46

1977-07-25 WAUNAKEE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9698L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740502

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD8110

Registrant of record

AVC150 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9698L GRUM AMER AA1B None

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 AA1B · N9698L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WAUNAKEE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0398

Total time

1,147 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

340

Age

21

Investigator remarks

TKOF ON EMPTY.TANKS NOT SWITCHED AFTR TKOF.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2690. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2690.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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