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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78DKM08

1978-03-02 GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9928U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A

Year of manufacture

1977 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADDD94

Registrant of record

LARSON JOHN B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9928U GRUM AMER AA-5A 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

GRUM AMER AA-5A · N9928U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

AIR HARBOR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

210° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA5A-0328

Total time

374 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

117

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TE IN MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS.5 1/2HR X-COUNTRY.

Investigator remarks

DESTINATION ARPT IFR,STALLED ONTO RWY AT ALTERNA

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/62 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint cause
82/J/A J
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
82/J/D J
WEATHER SNOW 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 0325. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0325.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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