NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC75DCJ61
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
SMITH MINI · N1152
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
ARROW
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000066
Total time
63 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,801
Age
47
Investigator remarks
HIT RWY LGT AND FENCE POST.
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 1354.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1354.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
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- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Minimizing Maximum Latency of Task Offloading for Multi-UAV-assisted Maritime Search and Rescue
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) play a crucial role in Maritime Search and Rescue (MSAR), contributing to the improvement of rescue efficiency and reduction of casualties.
- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Bistatic Target Detection by Exploiting Both Deterministic Pilots and Unknown Random Data Payloads
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) plays a crucial role in 6G, to enable innovative applications such as drone surveillance, urban air mobility, and low-altitude logistics.
- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Minimum-Time Sequential Traversal by a Team of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in an Unknown Environment with Winds
We consider the problem of transporting multiple packages from an initial location to a destination location in a windy urban environment using a team of SUAVs. Each SUAV carries one package.
- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Enhancing Multirotor Drone Efficiency: Exploring Minimum Energy Consumption Rate of Forward Flight under Varying Payload
Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle is a prevailing type of aircraft with wide real-world applications. Energy efficiency is a critical aspect of its performance, determining the range and duration of …
- arXiv 2024 · arXiv preprint
Age of Information Minimization in UAV-Assisted Covert Communication: Trajectory and Beamforming Design
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential for time-sensitive applications. Due to wireless channel variation, received data may have an expiration time, particularly in critical situations su…
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