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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77FQG36

1977-06-28 NOLAN, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7723V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

KEARNEY STEPHEN L VARI-EZE

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING O-235-C (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080401

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA734A

Registrant of record

KEARNEY STEPHEN L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7723V AERO COMDR A9B Fatal

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

AERO COMDR A9B · N7723V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001474

Total time

1,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

266

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN TRAIL WENT NOSE UP THEN NOSED DOWN INTO FIELD

Investigator remarks

LEAD ACFT MADE PROCEDURE TURN WITH OTHER AG ACFT

Cause factors

64/B/47 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE
84/B/1 B
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE

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 1589. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1589.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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