NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FRA56
Registry · N44SR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-10
Year of manufacture
2019
Engine
LYCOMING YIO-540 SERIE (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20190415
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A549E4
Registrant of record
DUPEE RICHARD A
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
BEECH F90 · N44SR
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
130° / 4 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000LA27
Total time
400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,020
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED SIDE LOAD ON EMERG EXTN HNDL.BATTERY DEAD.
Investigator remarks
UN TO RETRACT/EXTD GEAR W NORMAL SYS.COPLT APPLI
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/20 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/07 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 2596.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2596.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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