NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81DRD10
Registry · N62418
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FUSSY B/FUSSY M TITAN TORNADO II
Year of manufacture
1995
Engine
BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19961016
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A827B5
Registrant of record
FUSSY BERNIE P
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
BOEING 75 · N62418
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
AG STRIP
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-2650
Total time
8,436 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,190
Age
28
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3411.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3411.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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