NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71DQG72
Registry · N12428
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO QCF
Year of manufacture
1940 · 31 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710121
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0654D
Registrant of record
FLYING BAREFOOT RANCH 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
WACO QCF-2 · N12428
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
WINKLER COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003569
Total time
16 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
737
Age
37
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1727.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1727.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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