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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FRD30

1978-05-23 IOWA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9512

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B (400 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030322

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3AFC

Registrant of record

ISAKSON DALE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9512 Grumman G-164A 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-164A · N9512

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001179

Total time

1,550 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,030

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

31978.

Investigator remarks

18IN FOUND MISSING FROM ONE BLADE AG100-2, S/N 7

Cause factors

74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 1166. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1166.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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