NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD76II093
Registry · N12AK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR GS-1
Engine
LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020410
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05163
Registrant of record
BURK ROSS T
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
BEECH B99 · N12AK
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
OWENSBORO DAVIS
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000U-161
Total time
3,206 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,000
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IAL.
Investigator remarks
NR 2 BEARING CAGE CLOGGED WITH CARBON LIKE MATER
Cause factors
- 74/A/MI A POWERPLANT BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/80 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM 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
5 0016.
Source file
NTSB_1976_5_0016.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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