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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78DRD51

1978-08-21 THIBODAUX, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9975L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Year of manufacture

1973 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731022

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADEFB6

Registrant of record

SASS RYAN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9975L GRUM AMER AA1B 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

GRUM AMER AA1B · N9975L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

THIBODAUX MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 5 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0275

Total time

2,643 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

20

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2098. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2098.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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