NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FTE12
Registry · N11VM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH VENTUS 3M
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
SOLO 2625 01 (53 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20200723
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02BC1
Registrant of record
SKYPICS LLC
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
AERO COMM 680F · N11VM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000956-20
Total time
3,995 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,926
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT.
Investigator remarks
DURING LOW PASS TO LOOK AT ANTELOPE,LEFT WING ST
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 4398.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4398.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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