NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEX17
Registry · N6TA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000607
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7C437
Registrant of record
GARRARD WALTER E
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
CESSNA 150 · N6TA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
HELMSBURG
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
150° / — kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015075185
Total time
1,880 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
115
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ACFT NOSEWHEEL OFF GROUND ASAP.
Investigator remarks
PLT STATED HE HELD AFT ON CONTROL WHEEL TO LIFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/81 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF 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 2230.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2230.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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