NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80FEE19
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
AVION STAMP SV4A · N12425
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BROOKERIDGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 17 kt
Temp
59° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000672
Total time
1,704 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,050
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OUSES.
Investigator remarks
STALLED DRG TURN BACK TO ARPT TO AVOID TREES & H
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/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1033.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1033.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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