NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FER51
Registry · N108P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LANCAIR 320
Year of manufacture
1992
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-D1F (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180906
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A023B1
Registrant of record
MEKOLIK AARON S
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
BOEING A75N1 · N108P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 4 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-4440
Total time
3,908 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
9,400
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IGHT.
Investigator remarks
HIT WTR WHILE TURNING OVR RVR TO KEEP DUCKS IN S
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1671.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1671.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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