NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73DCQ18
Registry · N612S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RANS S-12XL
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
ROTAX 503DCSI (52 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20061012
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7F7BC
Registrant of record
DILLON BOBBY D
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
MINI-ACE CA-61 · N612S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Airport
GARDEN CITY
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
3 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,500
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N FLT. PLT INTNTL LND BESIDE RWY.
Investigator remarks
AILERON FLUTTER ON FLY BY. R AILERON SEPARATED I
Cause factors
- 75/C/CA C SYSTEMS AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/BT C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 68/C/J2 C PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
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 3185.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3185.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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