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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75FUJ11

1974-07-27 CASA GRANDE, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3390G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WHITTMAN TAILWIND JCG

Year of manufacture

1969 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20230701

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3B99D

Registrant of record

HEDEMAN DONALD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3390G Wittman W-8 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

WITTMAN W-8 · N3390G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

CASA GRANDE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000PU-109

Total time

220 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

430

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UIT. LNDED LONG,GRD LOOP TO AVOID FENCE.

Investigator remarks

FAST & LONG ON APPRCH.GO AROUND INITIATED. ENG Q

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
88/K/DF K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Joint factor
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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 2382. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2382.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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