NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC68F0307
Registry · N5613F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AEROS LMTD AEROS-2
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20091229
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A72D68
Registrant of record
LOUCK MERLE W
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
ALON A-2 · N5613F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SPIRIT OF ST.LOUI
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
170° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
759 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
9
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RNWY LIGHT.
Investigator remarks
80 DEG LEFT CROSSWIND 8K,GUSTING TO 15K. STRUCK
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 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 3791.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_3791.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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