NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FEK27
Registry · N1002Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHLEICHER ALEXANDER K 7
Year of manufacture
1961 · 19 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610529
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0076A
Registrant of record
ARNOLD SARAH D
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
SCHLEICHER K7 · N1002Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
WOODRUFF FIELD
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
180° / 8 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0038-79A0013
Total time
649 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PIPER HANDBOOK RCMDD 70KTS.NO FLAP LNDG.
Investigator remarks
IP TAUGHT STUDENT TO FLY FINAL APCH AT 60-65KTS,
Cause factors
- 64/A/49 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 2471.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2471.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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