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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FKG39

1979-05-13 BLUE RIDGE, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

GRUM AMER AA1C · N9564U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

320° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1C-0063

Total time

1,076 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

118

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D DUE TO ADVERSE WX.TOPS OF RIDGES OBSCURED.

Investigator remarks

PLT STALLED ACFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON ROA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN 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 1892. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1892.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.