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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FPD22

1978-06-21 FORT WORTH, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9832U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1C

Year of manufacture

1978 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780224

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADB8FA

Registrant of record

MADISON HARVEY H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9832U GRUM AMER AA-1C 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 AA-1C · N9832U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MEACHAM

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00AA1-C-0140

Total time

98 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

32

Age

21

Investigator remarks

FLAPS NOT RETRACTED.

Cause factors

64/C/71 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 1649. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1649.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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