NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD75FIG13
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
GRUM AMER AA1-B · N6321L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
CASTLE MARINA
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
280° / 10 kt
Temp
37° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000021
Total time
1,460 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
976
Age
22
Investigator remarks
BOTH IP AND STUDENT ON CTLS DRG TURN TO FINAL.
Cause factors
- 88/C/85 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
- 66/B/16 B DUAL STUDENT
- 64/B/30 B PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
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 0778.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0778.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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