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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FQG36

1975-11-02 AMARILLO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6516L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Year of manufacture

1973 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A893A6

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6516L AMER AVCO AA1-B None

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 · N6516L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

TRADEWIND

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1B0316

Total time

589 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

204

Age

53

Investigator remarks

CARB HEAT IN FULL HOT POS.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/L/03 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
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 3413. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3413.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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