NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FPD19
Registry · N9956Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CHAMPION 402
Year of manufacture
1963 · 18 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19630516
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADE877
Registrant of record
RKLS AVIATION LLC
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
CHAMPION 402 · N9956Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
AERO VALLEY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
170° / 6 kt
Temp
77° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000402-14
Total time
1,191 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,185
Age
27
Investigator remarks
ACFT WILL NOT MAINTAIN FLT ON ONE ENG.
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 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 0867.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0867.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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