NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78FPM17
Registry · N27262
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
REARWIN 8135
Year of manufacture
1940 · 38 years old at event
Engine
KEN ROYCE 7 SERIES (120 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550901
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B12F
Registrant of record
BITIKOFER DAWID K
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
REARWIN 8135 · N27262
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
GUNDERMANS
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
102° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000839
Total time
1,055 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
286
Age
34
Investigator remarks
THROTTLE RETARDED.
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 2248.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2248.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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