NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD79FLQ03
Registry · N11253
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO ASO
Year of manufacture
1931 · 47 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780718
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A036C4
Registrant of record
PATTERSON JOHN MILES II
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
WACO ASO · N11253
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003212
Total time
3,319 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,488
Age
51
Cause factors
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3246.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3246.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
Right in Time: Reactive Reasoning in Regulated Traffic Spaces
Exact inference in probabilistic First-Order Logic offers a promising yet computationally costly approach for regulating the behavior of autonomous agents in shared traffic spaces.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2025 · Journal article (IJAAA)
The Reasons for the Silence of First Officers: A Qualitative Study
This study explores the reasons why first officers choose to remain silent in the cockpit or refrain from reporting errors after a flight.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 · Article (BMC Medical Education)
Augmented reality visualization for ultrasound-guided interventions: a pilot randomized crossover trial to assess trainee performance and cognitive load
Augmented reality (AR) technology involving head-mounted displays (HMD) represents a significant innovation in medical education, particularly for training in guided invasive procedures.
- arXiv 2024 · arXiv preprint
Automatic Control With Human-Like Reasoning: Exploring Language Model Embodied Air Traffic Agents
Recent developments in language models have created new opportunities in air traffic control studies. The current focus is primarily on text and language-based use cases.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 · Article (The Ultrasound Journal)
Evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound training among healthcare providers: a pilot study
The use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has become prevalent across a variety of clinical settings. Many healthcare professionals have started getting hands-on training.
- arXiv 2024 · arXiv preprint
Random Graph Set and Evidence Pattern Reasoning Model
Evidence theory is widely used in decision-making and reasoning systems. In previous research, Transferable Belief Model (TBM) is a commonly used evidential decision making model, but TBM is a non-pre…
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