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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FPG53

1971-05-02 HACKETT, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1451K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LUSCOMBE 8A

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560615

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0B7C8

Registrant of record

ANDERSON MARK A

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

LUSCOMB 8A · N1451K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PVT STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004178

Total time

2,093 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

426

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BRAKE CABLE FAILED.HIT FENCE POSTS.

Investigator remarks

LNDD HALF WAY DN 1320 FT RWY IN GUSTY COND.RIGHT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 70/K/CJ K
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint factor
  • 88/K/95 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint factor

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 1520. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1520.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.