NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75FQG37
Registry · N88EM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MINGLEDORFF PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20040921
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC1BEC
Registrant of record
ARJAD HENRY
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
BEECH D50E · N88EM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
REGIONAL AIR TERM
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 3 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000DH-336
Total time
3,714 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,771
Age
48
Investigator remarks
HIT UNLTD PWR POLES & WIRES.
Cause factors
- 64/A/48 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/11 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Joint cause
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0144.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0144.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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