NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76AD015
Registry · N7FS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SMITH ARTHUR FOX LONG EZ
Year of manufacture
1994
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010410
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9506A
Registrant of record
CALVET DAVID R
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
BEECH A35 · N7FS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
HURRICANE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
090° / 15 kt
Temp
97° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000D-1685
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
627
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
000FT.ACFT WEIGHT NEAR MAXIMUM.CG AFT OF LIMIT .4
Investigator remarks
WIND GUST TO 25 TOP OF BLUFFS EAST OF ARPT.D/A 7
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/K A WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/M A WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2833.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2833.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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