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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FA017

1978-11-22 MEMPHIS, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2301N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MARASCHIELLO ANTHONY VITO JAZZ TRIKE 2000

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070510

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20B08

Registrant of record

MARASCHIELLO ANTHONY VITO

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

SWEARINGEN SA26-T · N2301N

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

Marginal VMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

OLIVE BRANCH

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

140° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000T26-2

Total time

5,025 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,000

Age

38

Investigator remarks

CONTROLLER WARNED PLT OF LOW ALT ALERT 3 TIMES.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 3909. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3909.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.