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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76DQA42

1976-04-17 SOCORRO, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12SD

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

O'CONNELL STARDUSTER SA-300

Year of manufacture

1973 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960326

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A052ED

Registrant of record

STEVENS SAM D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12SD STARDUSTER SA-300 None

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

STARDUSTER SA-300 · N12SD

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

STALLION AAF

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

270° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001376

Total time

176 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,667

Age

28

Investigator remarks

CROSSWIND COND.MAX GUSTS 25KTS.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/B/H B
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 0945. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0945.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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