NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA78AA017
Registry · N1550
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RYAN AIRCRAFT B1
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0DF1A
Registrant of record
GIFFORD SCOTT A
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
BRITISH AC 1-11 · N1550
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
MONROE COUNTY
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
240° / 6 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000044
Total time
33,693 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
13,461
Age
46
Investigator remarks
REQUIRED CALLOUTS NOT MADE.
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 65/L/20 L COPILOT
- 88/K/DH K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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
1 0010.
Source file
NTSB_1978_1_0010.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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