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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76DIA01

1975-08-03 BEALETON, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

SOPWITH PUP · N1612U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

FLYING CIRCUS

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

113 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,809

Age

43

Investigator remarks

ACFT MUSHED INTO TREES.OAT 90 DEG F.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/U J
    WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2558. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2558.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.