NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN72DQD31
Registry · N9SC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVII-G500
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
P&W CANADA PW814GA
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20200219
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6C0D
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
PITTS S-1 · N9SC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
DEMING
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
080° / 8 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000555H
Total time
1 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,708
Age
60
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 2014.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2014.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Journal article (JAAER)
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 · Conference paper
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Performance of the Research Animal Holding Facility (RAHF) and General Purpose Work Station (GPWS) and other hardware in the microgravity environment
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