Skip to content

Atlas / NTSB / FTW76DPG64

NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76DPG64

1976-06-04 VAN BUREN, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1196K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LUSCOMBE 8A

Year of manufacture

1946 · 30 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560430

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A050D6

Registrant of record

STRADER WAYNE G

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

LUSCOMBE 8A · N1196K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

TWIN CITIES

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

040° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003923

Total time

2,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

233

Age

25

Investigator remarks

NARROW RWY,PARALLEL DITCH. GUSTING TO 15K.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1441. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1441.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.