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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82DRJ03

1981-10-27 NACOGDOCHES, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9661U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

UVIFY 810-00028

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD74FE

Registrant of record

PIXIS DRONES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9661U GRUM AMER AA-5A Minor

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

GRUM AMER AA-5A · N9661U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

EAST TEXAS RGNL

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000027

Total time

2,815 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

50

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E OF RWY,STALL INTO TREES DRG STEEP EVASIVE TURN.

Investigator remarks

PORPOISED AFTER INITIAL TCHDWN,WENT OFF LEFT SID

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
64/K/79 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Joint factor
84/K/7 K
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2579. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2579.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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