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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75DCA10

1974-09-26 CREVE COEUR, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5938L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AA-1

Year of manufacture

1969 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691007

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7AC07

Registrant of record

MIDLAND AVIONICS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5938L AMER AVCO AA-1 None

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

AMER AVCO AA-1 · N5938L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CREVE COEUR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1-0238

Total time

965 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

44

Age

28

Investigator remarks

RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY INTO PLOWED GND.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
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 3253. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3253.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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