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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FKW09

1978-08-02 BENTON, Tennessee, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N96AS LET-NP-K L-13 Minor

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

LET-NP-K L-13 · N96AS

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CHILHOWEE GLIDER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000027020

Total time

50 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,882

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED.

Investigator remarks

MISTOOK FLAP CTL FOR SPOILER.SPOILERS NOT DEPLOY

Cause factors

64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 2030. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2030.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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