NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FIG01
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
AMER AVCO AA1 · N5787L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
D
Airport
KENTMORR AIRPARK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA1-0187
Total time
1,012 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,956
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MDTLY SETTLED BACK TO GND.CARB HEAT ON,1FT GRASS.
Investigator remarks
ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BRIEFLY NEAR E END OF RWY I
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/21 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/02 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/H0 J PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES Joint cause
- 80/J/BI J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION 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 1597.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1597.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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