NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN79FTM13
Registry · N111W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-44A
Year of manufacture
1945 · 34 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19551212
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A031DE
Registrant of record
HAMILTON STEVEN T
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
GRUMMAN G44A · N111W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001420
Total time
10,000 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,555
Age
46
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
- 64/B/10 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
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 1514.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1514.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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