NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FQG48
Registry · N8TW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LANCAIR IV P
Year of manufacture
2007
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E (350 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070818
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AADEE9
Registrant of record
WARREN THOMAS E
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
BEDE BD-5J · N8TW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
PERRY LEFORS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000013B
Total time
125 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
830
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EAR JAMMED INTMD PSN.BHND PWR CURVE/MUSHED,LO APCH
Investigator remarks
GEAR HNDL NOT FULLY UP,MVD DWN DRG 2"G"PULL-UP,G
Cause factors
- 64/C/20 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
- 70/C/CY C AIRFRAME OTHER Cause
- 88/C/CD C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED 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 1698.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1698.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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