NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78DA063
Registry · N9660U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
UVIFY 810-00028
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD74DB
Registrant of record
PIXIS DRONES LLC
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
GRUM AMER AA1C · N9660U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
170° / 11 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA1C-0089
Total time
493 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,462
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PREV DMG TO VERT STAB.
Investigator remarks
DEMO USE OF RUDDER TO LVL WINGS DRG APCH STALLS-
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D4 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/D1 J AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
- 70/J/D4 J AIRFRAME VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Joint cause
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 3373.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3373.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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