NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80DA041
Registry · N47DD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-9A
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20031005
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5BF10
Registrant of record
DAVIS MICHAEL D
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
REPUBLIC P47D · N47DD
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
TULSA INTL
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
350° / 11 kt
Temp
20° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000039955731
Total time
1,400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,000
Age
50
Investigator remarks
ENG BLOWER MALFUNCTIONED.
Cause factors
- 74/C/AG C POWERPLANT BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0234.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0234.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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