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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73FKJ28

1972-09-22 SELMA, Alabama, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65SV

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180

Year of manufacture

2008

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1P (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080428

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A88C05

Registrant of record

VOLD STEVEN A TRUSTEE

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

STAMPE SV4C · N65SV

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY HARBOR

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

150° / 15 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000471

Total time

1,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

650

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R ROOF ON ABORT.MILITARY RATED PLT.1ST FLT IN TYPE

Investigator remarks

WINDS GUSTING TO 20K BLEW ACFT OFF RWY.HIT HANGA

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
  • 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 1796. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1796.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.