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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73DRG79

1973-05-07 BOERNE, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1581

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RANS S-1C

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19800609

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0EA62

Registrant of record

CALIFORNIA ANTIQUE AIRCRAFT MUSEUM DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1581 Pitts S1C None

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 S1C · N1581

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

SABINA AIRPARK

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000JD1

Total time

965 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,525

Age

58

Investigator remarks

ACFT DRIFTED TO R DRG ROLL OUT INTO HIGH GRASS.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BI L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION

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 0986. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0986.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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