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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FLJ15

1978-06-20 BELHAVEN, North Carolina, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9637U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

UVIFY 810-00028

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD6AAB

Registrant of record

PIXIS DRONES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9637U GRUM AMER AA5A Serious

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 AA5A · N9637U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

RIVERSIDE CAMPGND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5A0003

Total time

919 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

136

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOW SPD.STRUCK TREES ON GO-ARND. 1HR LAST 90DAYS.

Investigator remarks

T/D LONG ON 1700FT GRASS RWY.RAISED FLAPS.L/O AT

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
88/K/71 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-ENGINE Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 2023. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2023.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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