NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DIA69F0194
Registry · N1766
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PITTS SC-1
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19911209
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A132A1
Registrant of record
AFTAB YOUNUS
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 SPL SC-1 · N1766
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BAY BRIDGE
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 15 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Total time
31 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
5,000
Age
54
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTY.
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 1192.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1192.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2026 · Presentation
Low Altitude RA Virtual Pilot Tabletop: Preliminary Results Summary
A virtual tabletop activity was conducted in support of NASA Airspace Operations and Safety Program’s (AOSP) Air Traffic Management and Safety (ATMS) project.
- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
Emerging Standards for Aerodrome Mapping Databases and Datalink Technologies to Enable Reductions in Runway Incursions/Excursions
The integration of onboard databases with data linked aeronautical information services (AIS) is a task that RTCA and EUROCAE are pursuing.
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