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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD80FID10

1980-03-15 WINDSOR, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N31253

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7GCAA

Year of manufacture

1972 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721020

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A35162

Registrant of record

WILLKRIS AVIATION SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N31253 Bellanca 7GCAA None

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

BELLANCA 7GCAA · N31253

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GARNER FIELD

Kind of flying

DI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000250-72

Total time

1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,000

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GUSTS TO 20KTS.

Investigator remarks

PLT APPLIED BRAKES AFT LOSS OF DIR CONTROL.WIND

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/22 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0256. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0256.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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