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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78DPG67

1978-07-20 WALNUT RIDGE, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6653K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)

Year of manufacture

1953 · 25 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960606

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8C997

Registrant of record

GORELICK KENNETH B TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6653K Grumman G-164B 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-164B · N6653K

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

ANDREWS FARM,INC

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000402B

Total time

262 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

7,200

Age

28

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1786. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1786.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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