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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD77DKW30

1977-09-04 BENTON, Tennessee, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N201V Schleicher KA6CR None

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

SCHLEICHER KA6CR · N201V

Damage

Minor

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CHILHOUSE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006362

Total time

622 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF CENTERLINE.

Investigator remarks

DRIFTED RT,RT WING STRUCK MAN ON TRACTOR 80FT RT

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 3417. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3417.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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