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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW74FPG21

1973-09-01 VAN BUREN, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

LUSCOMBE 8A · N71153

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

INDUST.AVIATION

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / — kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002580

Total time

744 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

84

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AYS.STATED WIND GUST OCCURRED AT LEVEL OFF.

Investigator remarks

PLT TOT TIME IN TYPE 2 HRS,NO FLT TIME LAST 90 D

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 64/L/62 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 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 2050. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2050.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.