NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD75FIG03
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-B · N9946L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BUTTS FARM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003246
Total time
3,740 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
248
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
5FT TO CLR 50FT OBSTACLE.TREE 2040FT FM PT OF DEP.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ABT 15LB OVR G/W.OWNERS MANUAL-HARD SFC 191
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BI J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 64/1/80 1 PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Subordinate · 1
- 88/1/AQ 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 2774.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2774.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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