NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW70D0026
Registry · N11JG
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GEISZ SENIOR AEROSPORT
Year of manufacture
1976
Engine
LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780522
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02AA9
Registrant of record
MORRISON ROBERT H
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
TED SMITH 600 · N11JG
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
AMARILLO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
020° / 11 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000061-0007
Total time
32 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
779
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED DUE ACFT SIDE LOAD,HIGH SINK RATE.
Investigator remarks
INSUF TRAVEL NOSE GR EXTSN CYL.DRAG LINK DISTORT
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3414.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3414.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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