NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD76DIA01
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
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- Semantic Scholar 2020 · Article (Hum. Factors)
Responding to an Unexpected In-Flight Event: Physiological Arousal, Information Processing, and Performance
Objective The study was designed to investigate whether a simulated unexpected abnormal flight event can lead to startle and explore differences in behavioral responses between expected and unexpected…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2018 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Measuring Public Utilization Perception Potential of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Air Space (NAS) in recent times has been met by mixed public responses.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2018 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Modeling Oculomotor Variability During Slow Cabin Decompression Using Infrared Technology
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