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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FRD22

1975-11-25 IOWA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N11983 Grumman G-164 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

GRUMMAN G-164 · N11983

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

OBRIENS STRIP

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000012A

Total time

5,657 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,200

Age

29

Investigator remarks

AILERON CONTROLS REVERSED DURING MAINT

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/CA A
SYSTEMS AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CB A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) 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 3389. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3389.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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