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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80FA051

1980-07-08 TROY, Michigan, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7278L GRUM AMER AA-1A Fatal

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-1A · N7278L

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BIG BEAVER

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1A0470

Total time

2,154 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

30

Age

16

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S SHORTED.HIT PWR LINES,TREE.GARAGE DMGD.

Investigator remarks

L FUEL TANK DRAIN PLUGGED,NO CORR MAINT.TWO PLUG

Cause factors

68/C/D5 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
88/C/AR C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0536. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0536.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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