NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74FRD09
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-B · N9917L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GARRETT RANCH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
130° / 13 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA1B-0217
Total time
22 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,200
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EFFECT NOT FAMILIAR WITH SHORT FLD TKOF.
Investigator remarks
PLT ROTATED PREMATURELY COULD NOT FLY OUT OF GND
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY 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 2350.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2350.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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