NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71FRA39
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
AMER AVCO AA1 · N5668L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
CLOVERFIELD
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA1-0068
Total time
691 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
1,518
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GND.LDG,INSTR PLT LVLD ACFT ABT 15-20FT ABV RWY.
Investigator remarks
ACFT BOUNCED DRG TKOF,BOTH PLTS UNAWARE PROP HIT
Cause factors
- 66/C/23 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD 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 0232.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0232.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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