NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78FA097
Registry · N11DK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GLASAIR GLASAIR FT
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19910131
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02A2F
Registrant of record
DUNLOP D BRUCE
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
CESSNA 195 · N11DK
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Climb — initial (DA)
Operator type
D
Airport
WHITESBURG
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007769
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,000
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED.BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE COVERED WITH OIL.MTN TERRAIN
Investigator remarks
RUBBER HOSE FROM OIL SUMP TO MAIN SCREEN FRACTUR
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/A/DB A POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/81 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3505.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3505.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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