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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77DPG04

1976-10-26 VAN BUREN, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N101GL

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750724

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0090C

Registrant of record

ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N101GL Great Lakes 2T-1A 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

GREAT LAKES 2T-1A · N101GL

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000714

Total time

135 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,662

Age

24

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
88/L/BR L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 3099. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3099.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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