NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEI28
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-1 · N5750L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
I
Airport
BURKE LAKEFRONT
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
170° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA1-0150
Total time
449 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,794
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ASKED TO GO ALONG,WAS TOLD BY STDNT HE HAD LIC.
Investigator remarks
STUDENT ASSIGNED MAINT FLT.OTR PLT,NOT A CFI,WAS
Cause factors
- 68/A/E2 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/28 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/16 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/8 A MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2622.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2622.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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