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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82FRJ01

1981-10-10 TEXARKANA, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5108V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MORRISEY 2150

Year of manufacture

1959 · 22 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590520

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A664F3

Registrant of record

DAVIS JOHN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5108V Morrisey 2150 Serious

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

MORRISEY 2150 · N5108V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHILLING

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

360° / 3 kt

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000FP8

Total time

1,448 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,143

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ASHED.

Investigator remarks

AFTER TKOF,MADE WING-OVER MNVR BACK TWD RWY & CR

Cause factors

64/A/17 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/14 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause

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 2589. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2589.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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