NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79IA005
Registry · N781S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10
Year of manufacture
2009
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540-EXP (330 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20091230
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA95CD
Registrant of record
SULLIVAN STEVEN
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
SWEARINGEN SA226 · N781S
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
E
Airport
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TC-259
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Investigator remarks
RIGHT NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DURING TAXI.
Cause factors
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BF A AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES 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
4 0029.
Source file
NTSB_1978_4_0029.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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