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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76FID44

1976-09-26 WEYERS CAVE, Virginia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2153

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1CED6

Registrant of record

LEVALLEY JOSHUA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

PITTS SPCL S-1C · N2153

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000APT-1

Total time

307 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-DELAYED ACRO MANEUVER RECOVERY

Investigator remarks

PLT HELD ACFT IN AN INVTD FLAT SPIN 4-5 TURNS.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/J A
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3209. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3209.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.