NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC75FER02
Registry · N1634B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 11A
Year of manufacture
1948 · 26 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0FFB9
Registrant of record
PRUITT KERRY PAT
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
LUSCOMBE 11A · N1634B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GATEWAY NORTH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
350° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000011-140
Total time
1,213 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,611
Age
33
Investigator remarks
X-WIND LDG.TAILWHL SWIVEL WORN.L MLG FAILED.
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 70/L/CD L AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2673.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2673.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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