NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD77FIA11
Registry · N47SV
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORD STAMPE SV4C
Year of manufacture
1947 · 30 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820915
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5C065
Registrant of record
HESS SCOTT R
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
STAMPE SV4C · N47SV
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
FLYING CIRCUS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
310° / 25 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000423
Total time
833 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
17,000
Age
51
Investigator remarks
AIL CABLE FAILED. RWY INTO WIND AVAILABLE.
Cause factors
- 70/C/D2 C AIRFRAME AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/80 B PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 1069.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1069.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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