NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN76FTE69
Registry · N2JM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B-2-S3
Year of manufacture
1951 · 25 years old at event
Engine
BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19941129
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18E25
Registrant of record
MCKINSTRY JAMES D
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-1E · N2JM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
MEADOW LAKE
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
360° / 15 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0007-0060JM2
Total time
230 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
13,500
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RMALLY AFTER ACCIDENT.GUSTS TO 25K.
Investigator remarks
PLT CLAIMED CONTROLS JAMMED CONTROLS OPERATED NO
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1175.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1175.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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