NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC75DCG48
Registry · N1169H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B
Year of manufacture
1975 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19771107
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04618
Registrant of record
SWIHART MATTHEW ALLEN
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
GRUM AMER AA-5B · N1169H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PINE COVE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000063
Total time
26 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
298
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CTL.
Investigator remarks
SOFT FLD TKOF,ACFT SETTLED BACK TO RWY PLT LOST
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 1352.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1352.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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