NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74AF012
Registry · N669M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SOKO GALEB G2-A
Year of manufacture
1967 · 6 years old at event
Engine
ROLLS-ROYC VIPER MK522 (333 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19940418
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8D6BB
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
LOCKHEED L-18 · N669M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
PECOS MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000018-2591
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,290
Age
56
Cause factors
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 64/J/09 J PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 64/J/20 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
- 64/J/33 J PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Joint 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 2599.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2599.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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