NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA79FKG30
Registry · N122LT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SKYSTAR ACFT CO KITFOX IV
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19991013
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05C2C
Registrant of record
ZELSNACK ANTHONY
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
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 · N122LT
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
RUST AIRSTRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000C1D652543
Total time
1,810 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,698
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROUND CONTROL STICK.
Investigator remarks
STRAPS OF PARACHUTE IN REAR SEAT FOUND WRAPPED A
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/77 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1293.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1293.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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